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Show one pair of shoes still, the right size too, if only wadded stockings were ready. "Oh!" said Mrs. Li, "I have a new pair and she can wear them." So they took the shoes and Mrs.LI gave her the stockings. The next morning she came in good season, dressed nicely and walking so easily in her new shoes, a perfect fit and altogether satisfactory, as her repeated glance downward and grateful words showed. When she reached the village, almost before being seated in the room, she began to preach that God did not want us to be bound by custom and to deform the body He had given us and that it was possible to escape bondage, a fact she had just found out. Later she went on the street to let the passersby, going to a renowned temple in great numbers, see her new shoes and to preach freedom to all. She was surprised to find how comfortable the new style of shoe was and that the |