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 of them had not waited to see how and when he would come, but they laid it down that he ought and must come in great state and pomp, like a king. One day a person came to the prison and said he had come to pay their ransom. They looked at him, and despised him in their hearts. He looked too poor for them, for he was not dressed in any fine and beau- tiful clothes. His manner to them was very kind; his words were full of comfort and sympathy. He stopped with them in the prison for some time. At last the day came which had been appointed for paying the ransom, and the