And , since the supper was so exceedingly small , she could not help wishing that their appetites had not been quite so large . Why , at their very first sitting down , the travellers both drank off all the milk in their two bowls , at a draught . `` A little more milk , kind Mother Baucis , if you please , '' said Quicksilver . `` The day has been hot , and I am very much athirst . '' `` Now , my dear people , '' answered Baucis , in great confusion , `` I am so sorry and ashamed ! But the truth is , there is hardly a drop more milk in the pitcher . O husband ! husband ! why did n't we go without our supper ? '' `` Why , it appears to me , '' cried Quicksilver , starting up from table and taking the pitcher by the handle , `` it really appears to me that matters are not quite so bad as you represent them . Here is certainly more milk in the pitcher . '' So saying , and to the vast astonishment of Baucis , he proceeded to fill , not only his own bowl , but his companion 's likewise , from the pitcher , that was supposed to be almost empty . The good woman could scarcely believe her eyes . She had certainly poured out nearly all the milk , and had peeped in afterwards , and seen the bottom of the pitcher , as she set it down upon the table . `` But I am old , '' thought Baucis to herself , `` and apt to be forgetful . I suppose I must have made a mistake . At all events , the pitcher can not , help being empty now , after filling the bowls twice over . '' `` What excellent milk ! '' observed Quicksilver , after quaffing the contents of the second bowl . `` Excuse me , my kind hostess , but I must really ask you for a little more . ''
Now Baucis had seen , XXXXX plainly as she could see anything , that Quicksilver had turned the pitcher upside down , and consequently had poured out every drop of milk , in filling the last bowl .
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