The stable boys were just watering the horses for the night , and it was quite as much as they could do to attend to that . ` What on earth do you want here ? ' said one of them to the old woman . ` Oh dear ! oh dear ! How cold it is ! ' she said , sobbing , and shivering with cold . ` Oh dear ! oh dear ! it 's cold enough to freeze a poor old body to death ! ' and she shivered and shook again , and said , ` For heaven 's sake give me leave to stay here and sit just inside the stable door . ' ` You will get nothing of the kind ! Be off this moment ! If the Governor were to catch sight of you here , he would lead us a pretty dance , ' said one . ` Oh ! what a poor helpless old creature ! ' said another , who felt sorry for her . ` That poor old woman can do no harm to anyone . She may sit there and welcome . ' The rest of them thought that she ought not to stay , but while they were disputing about this and looking after the horses , she crept farther and farther into the stable , and at last sat down behind the door , and when once she was inside no one took any more notice of her .
As the night wore on the stable boys found it rather cold work to sit still XXXXX horseback .
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