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... yet heard her with patience and mildness ; and roused by her scolding , took care to bake her bread as she wished . " 7 Matthew of Westminster's statement of the same circumstance is to the same effect . " It happened that the herdsman ...
... yet heard her with patience and mildness ; and roused by her scolding , took care to bake her bread as she wished . " 7 Matthew of Westminster's statement of the same circumstance is to the same effect . " It happened that the herdsman ...
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