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Question 4: What did the peddler say in his defence when it was clear that he was not the person the ironmaster had thought he was?

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Answer 1

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The peddler defended himself by saying that it was not his fault. He told the ironmaster that he never pretended to be anything but a poor trader. He said further that he had pleaded and begged to be allowed to stay in the forge . Then he offered to put on his rags and go away.
This is what the peddler said in his defence when it was clear that he was not the person the ironmaster had thought he was.

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Answer 2

When it was clear that he was not the person the ironmaster had thought he was, the peddler in his defense explained to them that he never pretended to be what he was not. 

He showed himself as a poor trader to them and told them that he only desired to sleep in the forge for the night. 

He also had declined the ironmaster’s invitation again and again.

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