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`` He said , '' I repeated , `` that I 'd be coaxed and probably bribed to open the cigar case , and that you 'd probably be the first one to do it , but I was to stick firm ; you 've been smoking too much , and your nerves are going . '' `` Insolent young puppy ! '' he exclaimed angrily , and stamped away . So that I was not surprised when on that night , Friday , I was told to be at the shelter-house at ten o'clock for a protest meeting . Mrs. Sam told me . `` Something has to be done , '' she said . `` I do n't intend to stand much more .