Holding the Ladder....

The young lover, eloping with his beloved, climbed up the ladder and knocked on her window pane. She opened the window softly.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"Ssssh! Not so loud," she whispered, "I'm so afraid Father will catch us."

"That's all right", said the boy. "He's down below holding the ladder."

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