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the hand to drag her away, but hardly had he
touched her when he too was obliged to run after
them himself. Not long after the sexton came
that way, and seeing the respected parson
following at the heels of the three girls, he called
out, "Ho, your reverence, whither away so
quickly? You forget that we have another
christening to-day," and he seized hold of him by
his gown; but no sooner had he touched him than
he was obliged to follow on too. As the five
tramped on, one after another, two peasants with
their hoes came up from the fields, and the
parson cried out to them, and begged them to
come and set him and the sexton free, but no
sooner had they touched the sexton than they had
to follow on too; and now there were seven
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