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were. Besides which, the jailer and his servants were very busy in trying to persuade them not to go, making them all manner of promises if they would remain. Some few left, and the fresh air seemed to fill them with new life. Their deliverer stayed with them for some time, and then left them, giving them another guide. He told them to wait at a certain place for him; and when he had made everything ready he would return and meet them at the shore, and conduct them safely across to the heavenly Paradise.
Now do you know what I have been writing about? The owner of the ship
