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Abby's Brief Summary Of Hobby: Oliver Cromwell

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Although Abby gave her father the fatal death disk, she was the reason his life was saved. Earlier Abby befriended Oliver Cromwell; he said that she could give him commands just as his daughter had in the past. After she commanded Oliver Cromwell to spare her fathers life, he kept his promise and gladly set her father

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