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Quotation from Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

“we must be nearer starvation than this before we turn faithless to the father!”

Mary Mapes Dodge (spoken by Dame Brinker)

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 5, Shadows in the Home (Project Gutenberg #764)

Portrait of Mary Mapes Dodge

Dame Brinker refuses, again, to sell the watch her husband gave her to keep before his accident.

Citation: "we must be nearer starvation than this before we turn faithless to the father!" — Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 5, Shadows in the Home (Project Gutenberg #764). (id hans-brinker-q1)

Virtues: Fortitude

Portrait: Dodge Stahl - Les Patins d argent page 10, TH Schuler, Public domain.

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