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the door. His hospitality will be wounded if you should leave his house just at the very dinner hour. Do stay, and take a hasty dinner with him. He is too busy himself just now to tarry long over the table. Stay, and we will speak of these terrible things no more. You can talk to him about his vessels, his farm, his garden; but do not go until after dinner. You will oblige me if you will stay."
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