Stanza 6: The narrator returns to his chamber and soon hears a louder tapping, this time at his window. He decides to explore the noise, telling himself it is merely the wind. Analysis: Like the narrator, you're probably wondering when something's going to happen. The narrator is in denial.
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Johnson describes the ignorance of young readers and their readiness to learn new things. He believes that the uneducated minds are already unoccupied with ideas and information, this makes them easily teachable with little or no need to deal with already existing body of knowledge.
He identifies novelists as the possessors of weapons that are capable of training these uneducated minds.
Answer:
The owner is scared that he and the group will be caught breaking the law.