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kettle slightly in all directions. When the butter had reached the exact shade of brown, Jess poured in the eggs and stirred them carefully, holding her skirts away from the fire. She was amply repaid for her care when she saw her family attack the meal. Clearly this was a feast day.
"We shall have to be satisfied tomorrow to live on bread and milk," she observed, scraping up the last delicious morsel.
But when tomorrow came they had more than bread and milk, as you will soon see.
