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162 And they run! and wetter still Grow the steps and grows the hall. Lord and master, hear me call! Ever seems the flood to fill, Ah, he's coming! see, Great is my dismay! Spirits raised by me Vainly would I lay!

"To the side Of the room Hasten, broom, As of old! Spirits I have ne'er untied Save to act as they are told."

 BEFORE A COURT OF JUSTICE. 