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My hand dropt down & the stick fell out of it.
When I found my hand drop from the door, I looked at the hand, took hold of it with the other hand and said to Prisr, (without turning round) you villain you have ruined me for ever. My astonishment was such that I cod hardly believe my sight, when I saw one finger fall on the back of my hand, and the other into the palm.
I did not go into the house again, but called aloud to Serjt