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T his account terrified Jack, but still
he hoped to elude the Giant, and
therefore again he entreated the
woman to take him in for one night
only, and hide him in the oven. The
good woman at last suffered
herself to be persuaded, for she was of a
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compassionate and generous disposition.
She gave him plently to eat and drink, and took him
into the house. First they entered a fine large hall,
magnificently furnished; they then passed through
several spacious rooms, all in the same style of
grandeur, though they appeared to be forsaken and
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