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While Harry sat by the stove in the ostlers' room, grieving at the intelligence he had received from Rockville, a little girl, so lame that she walked with a crutch, hobbled into the apartment.
"Is my father here? " she asked, in tones so sad that Harry could not help knowing she was in distress.