her," she said, her hands against his
cheeks.
The old man puffed out the lamp and set it to one side and tiptoed away,
the child in his arms.
"You ke'p your head under my coat--just so," he commanded the struggling
and inquisitive youngster. "Your modder would not like to have you
breath in so much night air. We go find her!"
He heard the murmur of eager voices behind him, and then the door of
Mother Maillet's house was shut softly--and that left all the world
outside.
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