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will see how easy. they were,
for it was that chapter that
Mrs. Woodman selected for the
first reading lesson in the Good
Book.

“Very well,” said Mary’s mo-
ther, after she had read the
first five verses; “very well, in-
deed. I wonder if you cannot
learn these verses by heart. Do
you think you can?”

Mary thought she could.