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confused emotionally
- Ignorance is the parent of fear, and being completely nonplussed and confounded about the stranger, I confess I was now as much afraid of him as if it was the devil himself who had thus broken into my room at the dead of night.Chapters 1-3 — Loomings; The Carpet-Bag; The Spouter-Inn (87% in)
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