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"I assure you that I am in your hands."
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"In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the night in your room."
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Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment.
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"Yes, it must be so. Let me explain. I believe that that is the village inn over there?"
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"Yes, that is the Crown."
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"Very good. Your windows would be visible from there?"
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"Certainly."
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"You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night.
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