TO LORD JEFFREY THIS LITTLE STORY IS INSCRIBED WITH THE AFFECTION AND ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND The kettle began it! Don’t tell me what Mrs. Peerybingle said. I know better. Mrs. Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn’t say which of them began it; but, I say the kettle did. I ought to know, I hope! The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy-faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp.…
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