And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not - the trouble making him insensible both to the urgency of the case and the claims of friendship.

The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee - without such exertion as he was unwilling to make.

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