Note 13 — A-slender-one-who-was-given-away
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Now he again said something, and he (the youth) gave her old clam shells to drink the soup out of. She was unable to drink with these. Now she got her own basket and took out two large clam shells and two mussel shells, whereupon the people all stopped in a moment as when something is dropped.13 And the chief, too, looked at nothing but those mussel shells. When his eyes were fastened upon them she noticed it and stopped.