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MAIDEN BRIGHT-EYE
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and Maiden Bright-eye came up on deck, the sister did as her mother had instructed her—she gave her a push and made her fall into the water. When the brother learned

black and white illustration of a young woman in a fancy dress drawn in a caricatured "ugly" style with a large mouth and nose with a toad falling from her mouth. Her dress has a high waistline with a large ornate belt and small puffed sleeves over a longer narrow sleeve. She wears an elaborately starched henin and has a small embroidered purse attached to her belt. There are several toads on the ground around her and she holds a cudgel-like stick.
The Ugly & Wicked Sister

what had happened he was greatly distressed, and did not know what to do. He could not bring himself to tell the truth about what had happened, nor did he expect