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She paused, drew a long breath.
Again she swung the hammer-stone. And now she turned round, and passed the piece of iron into her left hand. She raised it and struck on the anvil, and cried: "Save me from him. Take him away. " A rush, all the leaves of the trees behind seemed to be stirring, and all the foliage falling about her.