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`` If you please , '' I answered . He lit a candle and conducted me to my room , where , overwearied with the day 's exertion , I soon fell asleep , and did not awake until the sun was shining brightly into my windows . I remained at the village a portion of the day , but saw nothing of the parties in whom the incidents of the previous evening had awakened a lively interest . At four o'clock I left in the stage , and did not visit Cedarville again for a year . A cordial grasp of the hand and a few words of hearty welcome greeted me as I alighted from the stage at the `` Sickle and Sheaf , '' on my next visit to Cedarville . At the first glance , I saw no change in the countenance , manner , or general bearing of Simon Slade , the landlord . With him , the year seemed to have passed like a pleasant summer day .