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Thinking About the Poemwhat Did Saint Peter Ask the Old Lady For? What Was the Lady’S Reaction?

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Thinking about the Poem

What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction?

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Saint Peter asked the old lady for one of her baked cakes to satisfy his hunger. The lady tried to bake a small cake for the saint.

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पाठ 5.2: A Legend of the Northland (poem) - Thinking about the Poem [पृष्ठ ६७]

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पाठ 5.2 A Legend of the Northland (poem)
Thinking about the Poem | Q 1.2 | पृष्ठ ६७

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“You’ll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see you’re acquainted with the marshall here. If you’ll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the pen he’ll do it, and it’ll make things easier for me there. He’s taking me to Leavenworth prison. It’s seven years for counterfeiting.”

“Oh!” said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. “So that is what you are doing out here? A marshal!”

“My dear Miss Fairchild,” said Easton, calmly, “I had to do something. Money has a way of taking wings unto itself, and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening in the West, and—well, a marshalship isn’t quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but—”

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