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Hans Christian Andersen: She Was Good for Nothing |
 | | She was a miserable-looking object, lame of one leg, and with a large false curl hanging down over one of her eyes, which was blind. |
 | | She was a friend of the laundress, and was called, among the neighbors, “Lame Martha, with the curl.” “Oh, you poor thing; how you do work, standing there in the water!” she exclaimed. |
 | | She showed me clearly, in spirit and in truth, the difference there was between him and me. ‘He is pleased now,’ she said, ‘with your pretty face; but good looks do not last long. |
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