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Title: The pink fairy book
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed
Subjects: Tales
Publisher: New York, London (etc.) Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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dy, I am very poor, and must go to serviceto earn my bread. I will take you into my service, said she; andCatherine served her well. Some time after her mistress said to Catherine, I amobliged to go out for a long while, and must lock thehouse door, so that no thieves shall get in. So she went away, and Catherine took her work andsat down at the window. Suddenly the door burst open,and in came her Destiny. Oh! so here you are, Catherine! Did you reallythink I was going to leave you in peace? And as shespoke she walked to the linen press where Catherinesmistress kept all her finest sheets and underclothes, toreeverything in pieces, and flung them on the floor. PoorCatherine wrung her hands and wept, for she thought toherself, When my lady comes back and sees all this ruinshe will think it is my fault, and, starting up, she fledthrough the open door. Then Destiny took all the piecesand made them whole again, and put them back in thepress, and when everything was tidy she left the house.
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170 CATHERINE AND HER DESTINY When the mistress reached home she called Catherine,but no Catherine was there. Can she have robbed me? thought the old lady, and looked hastily round the house;but -nothing was missing. She wondered why Catherineshould have disappeared like this, but she heard no moreof her, and in a few days she filled her place. Meanwhile Catherine wandered on and on, withoutknowing very well where she was going, till at last shecame to another town. Just as before, a noble ladyhappened to see her passing her window, and called outto her, Where are you going all alone, my pretty girl? And Catherine answered, Ah, my lady, I am verypoor, and must go to service to earn my bread. I will take you into my service, said the lady; andCatherine served her well, and hoped she might nowbe left in peace. But, exactly as before, one day thatCatherine was left in the house alone her Destiny cameagain and spoke to her with hard words: What! areyou here now ? And in a passion she tore

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