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1. It was night time when the old woman knocked on the door. 
2. The old woman lived alone because her husband was dead, her daughter was dead, and her other children had gone away.

We think that this is a good answer to the question:.

 Perhaps Hannah wanted to tell the story of the man with the evil eye, because she thought that the old neighbour had the evil eye.

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