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As
I
said
,
I
have
an
aunt
who
is
a
washerwoman
;
she
does
the
washing
for
all
the
prisoners
in
this
castle
--
we
try
to
keep
any
paying
business
of
that
sort
in
the
family
,
you
understand
.
She
takes
out
the
washing
on
Monday
morning
,
and
brings
it
in
on
Friday
evening
.
This
is
a
Thursday
.
Now
,
this
is
what
occurs
to
me
:
you
're
very
rich
--
at
least
you
're
always
telling
me
so
--
and
she
's
very
poor
.
A
few
pounds
would
n't
make
any
difference
to
you
,
and
it
would
mean
a
lot
to
her
.
Now
,
I
think
if
she
were
properly
approached
--
squared
,
I
believe
is
the
word
you
animals
use
--
you
could
come
to
some
arrangement
by
which
she
would
let
you
have
her
dress
and
bonnet
and
so
on
,
and
you
could
escape
from
the
castle
as
the
official
washerwoman
.
You
're
very
alike
in
many
respects
--
particularly
about
the
figure
.
"
"
We
're
not
,
"
said
the
Toad
in
a
huff
.
"
I
have
a
very
elegant
figure
--
for
what
I
am
.
"
"
So
has
my
aunt
,
"
replied
the
girl
,
"
for
what
she
is
.
But
have
it
your
own
way
.
You
horrid
,
proud
,
ungrateful
animal
,
when
I
'm
sorry
for
you
,
and
trying
to
help
you
!
"
"
Yes
,
yes
,
that
's
all
right
;
thank
you
very
much
indeed
,
"
said
the
Toad
hurriedly
.
"
But
look
here
!
you
would
n't
surely
have
Mr.
Toad
,
of
Toad
Hall
,
going
about
the
country
disguised
as
a
washerwoman
!
"
"
Then
you
can
stop
here
as
a
Toad
,
"
replied
the
girl
with
much
spirit
.
"
I
suppose
you
want
to
go
off
in
a
coach-and-four
!
"
Honest
Toad
was
always
ready
to
admit
himself
in
the
wrong
.
"
You
are
a
good
,
kind
,
clever
girl
,
"
he
said
,
"
and
I
am
indeed
a
proud
and
a
stupid
toad
.
Introduce
me
to
your
worthy
aunt
,
if
you
will
be
so
kind
,
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
the
excellent
lady
and
I
will
be
able
to
arrange
terms
satisfactory
to
both
parties
.
"
Next
evening
the
girl
ushered
her
aunt
into
Toad
's
cell
,
bearing
his
week
's
washing
pinned
up
in
a
towel
.
The
old
lady
had
been
prepared
beforehand
for
the
interview
,
and
the
sight
of
certain
gold
sovereigns
that
Toad
had
thoughtfully
placed
on
the
table
in
full
view
practically
completed
the
matter
and
left
little
further
to
discuss
.
In
return
for
his
cash
,
Toad
received
a
cotton
print
gown
,
an
apron
,
a
shawl
,
and
a
rusty
black
bonnet
;
the
only
stipulation
the
old
lady
made
being
that
she
should
be
gagged
and
bound
and
dumped
down
in
a
corner
.
By
this
not
very
convincing
artifice
,
she
explained
,
aided
by
picturesque
fiction
which
she
could
supply
herself
,
she
hoped
to
retain
her
situation
,
in
spite
of
the
suspicious
appearance
of
things
.
Toad
was
delighted
with
the
suggestion
.
It
would
enable
him
to
leave
the
prison
in
some
style
,
and
with
his
reputation
for
being
a
desperate
and
dangerous
fellow
untarnished
;
and
he
readily
helped
the
gaoler
's
daughter
to
make
her
aunt
appear
as
much
as
possible
the
victim
of
circumstances
over
which
she
had
no
control
.
"
Now
it
's
your
turn
,
Toad
,
"
said
the
girl
.
