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requested he would send all the servants he could
spare to relieve the sufferers. Every one was instantly
dispatched, except the porter and your nurse; the
Giant then joined your father in the study, and
appeared to be delighted—he really was so. Your
father recommended a favourite book, and was
handing it down: the Giant took the opportunity, and
stabbed him; he instantly fell down dead; the Giant
left the body, found the porter and nurse, and
presently dispatched them. You were then only three
months old; your mother had you in her arms in a
remote part of the house, and was ignorant of what
was going on; she went into the study, but how was
she shocked, on discovering your father a corpse, and
weltering in his blood! She was stupefied with horror
and grief, and was motionless. The Giant, who was
seeking her, ____
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