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HE had brought a ball of string in his pocket, this time, and he was glad to know he could lower the ladder by it -- for the thud of a falling ladder would sound far in the night stillness. From the top of the wall he held the ladder while she mounted.
"Sit here a moment," he said, "while I get rid of the ladder. " He lowered it gently, drew the string up, leaped to the ground outside the wall, and held up his hands to her.