CLASSIC · U.S. PUBLIC DOMAIN
Short Fiction
Short Fiction by Kate Chopin, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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“And he over the mantelpiece with big black eyes, and such long black hair, and a violin; is he your brother too, Papa Konrad? And why do you keep a green branch always hanging over his picture?”
“No, that is not my brother, Sophie; that is an angel whom the good God allowed once, to save a poor desperate human being from sin and death.”
“But where are his wings. Papa Konrad? I never saw an angel look like that; and so black too!”
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