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And there in the bright sunlight...
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stood the woman in her black dress.
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She said in a faint,
almost inaudible voice...
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not to be afraid,
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that she had something to tell me.
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What did she say?
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I don't want to frighten anyone,
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but these were her very words:
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"I want you to know our secret.
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Your stepfather, my husband,
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locked me and my children
in the bedchamber.
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For five days and nights
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he kept us without food and water.
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In our misery
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we decided to escape.
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We tied sheets together
and tried to climb down
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to the finger of land sticking out
into the deep, swirling water.
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My daughters went first,
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but they fell headfirst into the water
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and were dragged under.
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I tried to save them..
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but was sucked down into a black whirlpool
that grabbed my clothes.
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Underwater I grasped
my children's hands
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and drew them to me."
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Maj! How nice.