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Her house hath become a shelter for the oppressed and for that may she find peace at last . '' Kenkenes looked at the old woman with admiring eyes . The quaint speech of the Hebrews had always fascinated him , but now it had become melody in his ears . In this , the first moment of mental idleness since midday , he had time to think on Deborah . He knew that he had seen her before , and now he remembered that it was she who had transfixed him with a look on an occasion when Israel had first come to Masaarah . But he did not remind her of the incident . Instead , he set about counteracting any effect that might follow should her memory , unaided , recall the occurrence .