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           BrownhadbecometheexecutiveleaderoftheselectgroupbentonCurwen’sextirpation,andhadinformedtheFennersthatsomeactionwasabouttobetaken.Thishedeemedneedfulbecauseoftheimpossibilityoftheirnotwitnessingthefinalraid;andheexplainedhiscoursebysayingthatCurwenwasknowntobeaspyofthecustomsofficersatNewport,againstwhomthehandofeveryProvidenceskipper,merchant,andfarmerwasopenlyorclandestinelyraised.Whethertherusewaswhollybelievedbyneighborswhohadseensomanyqueerthingsisnotcertain;butatanyratetheFennerswerewillingtoconnectanyevilwithamanofsuchqueerways.TothemMr.BrownhadentrustedthedutyofwatchingtheCurwenfarmhouse,andofregularlyreportingeveryincidentwhichtookplacethere.