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and with great severity re-examined us, and finally informed 

 us that we were to spend the night in her house. She then, 

 became exceedingly kind again, asked much about our pa 

 rents and America, and at length asked us, with a whimper 

 ing laugh,- as if she feared how we would take it, but begged 

 that it might be considered a joke &quot; We wouldn t be offend 

 ed if our doors should be locked on the outside 1&quot; 



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