[The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookThe Patchwork Girl of Oz CHAPTER Fifteen 9/14
The furniture was framed in gold and upholstered in satin brocade and it consisted of easy chairs, divans and stools in great variety.
Also there were several tables with mirror tops and cabinets filled with rare and curious things.
In one place a case filled with books stood against the wall, and elsewhere Ojo saw a cupboard containing all sorts of games. "May I stay here a little while before I go to prison ?" asked the boy, pleadingly. "Why, this is your prison," replied Tollydiggle, "and in me behold your jailor.
Take off those handcuffs, Soldier, for it is impossible for anyone to escape from this house." "I know that very well," replied the soldier and at once unlocked the handcuffs and released the prisoner. The woman touched a button on the wall and lighted a big chandelier that hung suspended from the ceiling, for it was growing dark outside. Then she seated herself at a desk and asked: "What name ?" "Ojo the Unlucky," answered the Soldier with the Green Whiskers. "Unlucky? Ah, that accounts for it," said she.
"What crime ?" "Breaking a Law of Oz." "All right.
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