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"These mothers are too dreadful! " / -- ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
Millie sat before the cold hearth in the stale, stuffy _sitkamer_, which always smelt of dirty dish-cloths and unwashed humanity. Her lips were pressed tightly together, her face was white as wax. In its repose, one could see signs of the inner strength, the unnameable charm which had captivated Bert and Amurrica, beyond question the two cleverest men of the place. No young Boer would have looked twice at her.