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Chapter 4
Mary didn't sleep very well at all. She tossed and turned and woke up in the middle of the night feeling full of remorse and dreadfully hungry. She had not bothered to undress at all, so just as quietly as she could she made her way to the bedroom door and opened it and listened. She was relieved to hear a lot of snoring going on, and looking up and down the hallway, found nothing amiss. Mary ventured forth along the corridor towards the stairs. Hoping there were no creaking boards she carefully made her way downstairs.
Mary found that a light was left burning low, luckily, so she was able to see her way across the room to the kitchen area, but it was in darkness so Mary retraced her steps to the big room and found a lamp to light. Having done this she returned with the lamp to the kitchen, and found some bread and meat from the supper, made a large sandwich and poured herself a glass of milk.
'This will do nicely' she said to herself. By putting the sandwich in her mouth she was able to carry both the milk and the lamp. Mary put it back where she found it and turned it out.
Now she only had the stairs to negotiate. She made it up to her room went inside and closed the door. She did not notice one of the other bedroom doors close noiselessly after hers.