26 THE HISTORY OF A NUT-CRACKER.

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atone for her son’s rudeness, begged Godfather Drosselmayer
to explain to her all the secrets of the beautiful house, and
praised the ingenuity of the mechanism to such an extent,
that she not only made the doctor forget his vexation, but
put him into such a good humour, that he drew from the
pockets of his drab coat a number of little men and women,
with horn complexions, white eyes, and gilt hands and feet.

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i appearance, these littlemen
and women sent forth a
delicious perfume, because
they were made of cinna-
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rij, At this moment Miss
Trudchen called Mary, and
| offered to help her to put
onthepretty hittlesilk frock
i which she had so much
: < ‘y | NEES admired on first entering
\\\ \ iW the drawing-room ;_ but
MIN Mary, in spite of her usual
politeness, did not answer
the governess, so much was she occupied with a new person-
age whom she had discovered amongst the toys, and to