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the door open: But it being a thick oak door, and ſo ſtrongly ſtayed within, it was too much for them to accompliſh. So, after they had bounced againſt it half a dozen of times to no purpoſe, they ſtood to liſten whether they could learn what he was about; and Spiller at the ſame time rightly gueſſing what their ſudden ſilence was for, ſays to himſelf (but loud enough for them to hear him) the public inns are ſometimes very dangerous places, and a man cannot be too ſecure in them; but tho I have the misfortune to have loſt my hearing, I think they cannot eaſily make their way through that ſtrong door, and that heavy cheſt of drawers, and all the other things which I have put againſt them; and if they ſhould, they can want nothing but to rob and murder me, I am ſure.

When they all heard this, the hoſteſs gravely ſaid to the two gentlemen. Gentlemen! Do you hear this! I am glad you did not force open the door, with all my heart; for if you had, we might have been all ruined