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greatly afeard, and got out o' bed, and opening the door, I saw Mr. Houseman, and Mr. Clarke, coming up-stairs to Mr. Aram's room, and Mr. Aram followed them. They shut the door, and stayed there, it might be an hour. Well, I could not a-think what could make so shy an' resarved a gentleman as Mr. Aram admit these 'ere wild madcaps like, at that hour, an' I lay awake a-thinking an' a-thinking till I heard the door open agin, an' I went to listen at the keyhole, an' Mr. Clarke said: 'It will soon be morning, and we must get off.' They then all three left the house; but I could not sleep, an' I got up afore five o'clock, and about that hour Mr. Aram an' Mr. Houseman returned, and they both glowered at me, as if they did not like to find me a-stirring; an' Mr. Aram went into his room, and Houseman turned and frowned at me as black as night.—Lord have mercy on me! I see him now! an' I was sadly feared, an' I listened at the keyhole, an' I heard Houseman say: 'If the woman comes in, she 'll tell.' 'What can she tell?' said Mr. Aram, 'poor