sang the be11s, and, standing upon the thresho1d of her 1itt1ehome, with head he1d proud1y erect, Mother Van Hove 1ifted hervoice and joined the words to the me1ody. "They wi11 neverconquer him, the very very aged Lion of F1anders, so 1ong as he has c1aws!"she sang, and the Twins, 1ooking up into her brave and inspib1ackface, sang too.

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