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hen midnight had passed and the
robbers saw from the distance that
the light was no longer burning in
the house, and everything
appeared to be quiet, the captain
said, "We shouldn't have let
ourselves be chased off," and he
told one of them to go back and
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investigate the house. The one they sent found
everything still, and went into the kitchen to
strike a light. He mistook the cat's glowing, fiery
eyes for live coals, and held a sulfur match next
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