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STEPAN took from off a rude shelf along the wall a great round black / loaf, a plate of yellow salt butter, and some tin mugs big enough to / hold a pint each. He out several slices of bread and butter, laying / them down on a wooden platter. Then he poured out the tea and pulled a / bench up to the rude table in the middle of the room.
The boys gladly took their seats, for they were chilled and hungry; and / Bert was about to sip his tea when Alf touched his hand.