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"A pretty cottage 'tis indeed," / Said Rosalind to Fanny, / "But yet it seems a little strange, / I trust there's naught uncanny. " / _The Wood-Fairies._
Rollo pushed a little more, and still a little. No sound was heard -- no voice demanded what they wanted; they gathered courage, till at last the door stood sufficiently ajar for them to see inside. It was a neat, plain, exceedingly clean, little kitchen which stood revealed to their view. Rollo and Maia, with another glance around them, another instant's hesitation, stepped in.