inspect thy purchase. If thou be not entirely satisfied, Isaac the Jew

shall return thy money to thee and the deed to me, but if at the end of

forty days thou hast not made demand for thy money, then shall Isaac send

the deed to thee and the money to me. Be not this an easy and fair way out

of the difficulty ?"

The little old woman thought for a moment and at last conceded that it

seemed quite a fair way to arrange the matter. And thus it was

accomplished.

Several days later, the little old woman called the child to her.

"We start tonight upon a long journey to our new home. Thy face shall be

wrapped in many rags, for thou hast a most grievous toothache. Dost

understand ?"

"But I have no toothache. My teeth do not pain me at all. I -- "

expostulated the child.

"Tut, tut," interrupted the little old woman. "Thou hast a toothache, and

so thy face must be wrapped in many rags. And listen, should any ask thee

upon the way why thy face be so wrapped, thou art to say that thou hast a

toothache. And thou do not do as I say, the King's men will take us and we

shall be hanged, for the King hateth us. If thou hatest the English King

and lovest thy life do as I command."

"I hate the King," replied the little boy. "For this reason I shall do as

thou sayest."

So it was that they set out that night upon their long journey north toward

the hills of Derby. For many days they travelled, riding upon two small

donkeys. Strange sights filled the days for the little boy who remembered

nothing outside the bare attic of his London home and the dirty London

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