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| 53 | 74 | View more quotes about suddenly">Suddenly the hair on the back of my neck rose. |
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| 53 | 71 | Given the habits of the fish I had little doubt but that this place was an ancient mating ground for them, for the grunt populations tend to return again and again to the places of their frenzy, wherever, usually in a lagoon or shallow place in a river, they may be. |
| 53 | 72 | The grunt now schooling in the open moat, come in from the lake, could well be the posterity of grunt populations dating back to the time when the city was not in ruins but in the height of its glory and power. |
| 53 | 73 | The grunt in the moat were for a time an effective barrier, but surely Shaba and his men realized that it must be temporary. |
| 53 | 74 | Suddenly the hair on the back of my neck rose. |
| 53 | 75 | I now understood the practicality of their present situation. |
| 53 | 76 | "You were waiting for us," I said. |
| 53 | 77 | "Of course," said Shaba. |