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The Old Curiosity Shop

CHAPTER 16
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She closed the window again, and sitting down upon the bed, thought of the life that was before them.
She had a little money, but it was very little, and when that was gone, they must begin to beg.

There was one piece of gold among it, and an emergency might come when its worth to them would be increased a hundred fold.

It would be best to hide this coin, and never produce it unless their case was absolutely desperate, and no other resource was left them.
Her resolution taken, she sewed the piece of gold into her dress, and going to bed with a lighter heart sunk into a deep slumber..


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