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But those friends she had, she treated with an open heart
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and an open hand.
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Your table.
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Sometimes, by the end of the day,
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the drafty attic was too cold to spend the night in,
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so she lay by the dying embers of the hearth
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to keep warm.
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I thought breakfast was ready.
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It is, madam.
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I'm only mending the fire.
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In future, can we not be called until the work is done?
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As you wish.