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ALICE'S EVIDENCE.
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"They told me you had been to her,
And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character,
But said I could not swim.


He sent them word I had not gone
(We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on,
What would become of you?


I gave her one, they gave him two,
You gave us three or more;
They all returned from him to you,
Though they were mine before.


If I or she should chance to be
Involved in this affair,
He trusts to you to set them free,
Exactly as we were.