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" 'It is to keep people out who have no business there. Do you see?' He was still smiling in the most amiable manner.
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" 'I am sure if I had known
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" 'Well, then, you know now. And if you ever put your foot over that threshold again' -- here in an instant the smile hardened into a grin of rage, and he glared down at me with the face of a demon -- 'I'll throw you to the mastiff.'
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"I was so terrified that I do not know what I did. I suppose that I must have rushed past him into my room. I remember nothing until I found myself lying on my bed trembling all over. Then I thought of you, Mr. Holmes. I could not live there longer without some advice. I was frightened of the house, of the man of the woman, of the servants, even of the child. They were ali horrible to me. If I could only bring you down all would be well. Of course I might have fled from the house, but my curiosity was almost as strong as my fears.
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