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282 me dragged me away from my darling when she was so ill. They glared at me saying:—

"Cruel, deceitful man, you have ruined the life of the most respected and honoured of our daughters; but your infamy will have its reward, your punishment will be terrible—so terrible, that even though we despise you, we sorrow for you."

Saying this, they took me forcibly out of my own home and spirited me away into a dungeon, as they said, to await my trial.