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When they entered the castle, the Unknown ordered Agnes and

Perpetua to be conducted to a room, in the quarter assigned to

the women, which was three of the four wings of the second court,

in the most retired part of the edifice. The men were

accommodated in the wings of the other court to the right and

left; the body of the building was filled, partly with

provisions, and partly with the effects that the refugees brought

with them. In the quarter devoted to the men was a small

apartment destined to the ecclesiastics who might arrive. The

Unknown accompanied Don Abbondio thither, who was the first to

take possession of it.