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punished, and prevented from destroying my poor child entirely.

Has any person of evil repute been admitted to see her? Who has been in her chamber?

Who has been visibly in her chamber, we can easily tell; but who has been invisibly there, the Lord in heaven knows.

Have they never been visible to the child herself whom they torment?

She has stared, as though she saw them.

She has shrieked, as though they laid hold of her.

She has clenched her hands, as if she had been catching at them, in this way. (Showing how.)

Ay, and moved her lips so (showing how), as if speaking to them. I saw her do it.

And so did I; and I saw her grin, and shake her head so, most piteously.