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It__ very true; there are many more iron pots certainly than porcelain. But you may depend on it that every one bears some mark; even the hardest iron pots have a little bruise, a little hole somewhere. I flatter myself that I__ rather stout, but if I must tell you the truth I__e beenshockingly chipped and cracked. I do very well for service yet, because I__e been cleverly mended; and I try to remain in the cupboard__he quiet, dusky cupboard where there__ an odour of stale spices__s much as I can. Butwhen I__e to come out and into a strong light__hen, my dear, I__ a horror!
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It__ very true; there are many more iron pots certainly than porcelain. But you may depend on it that every one bears some mark; even the hardest iron pots have a little bruise, a little hole somewhere. I flatter myself that I__ rather stout, but if I must tell you the truth I__e beenshockingly chipped and cracked. I do very well for service yet, because I__e been cleverly mended; and I try to remain in the cupboard__he quiet, dusky cupboard where there__ an odour of stale spices__s much as I can. Butwhen I__e to come out and into a strong light__hen, my dear, I__ a horror!

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