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15 the door open: But it being a thick oak door, and ſo ſtrongiy ſlayed with- in, it was too mach for them to ac- compliſh. So, after they had bounc- ed againſt it half a doſen of times to no purpoſe, they ſtood to liſten whe- ther they could learn what he was a- bout; and Spiller at the ſame time rightly gueſſing what their ſudden ſi- lence was for, ſays to himſelf (but loud enough for them to hear him) the public inns are ſometimes very dan- gerous places, and a man cannot be too ſeſure in them; but tho’ l have the misfortune to have loſt my hear- ing, l think they cannot eaſily make their way through that ſtrong door, and that heavy cheſt of drawers, and ah the other things which l have put againſt them; and if they ſhould, they can want nothing but to rob and murder me, l am ſure.

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