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| 17 | 252 | I View more quotes about hoped">hoped to use his own fear against him, his unwillingness to release the ladder, but before I could push back enough, past the center of balance, he released one hand and twisted, hanging to a rung with his free hand. |
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| 17 | 249 | He was higher now. |
| 17 | 250 | He was at the spear. |
| 17 | 251 | He struck the point free from the wood, gouging the wood, but before the ladder could fall again against the wall, I shifted and caught him under the arm and pushed back more. |
| 17 | 252 | I hoped to use his own fear against him, his unwillingness to release the ladder, but before I could push back enough, past the center of balance, he released one hand and twisted, hanging to a rung with his free hand. |
| 17 | 253 | But then, again, I managed to get the point on the upright. |
| 17 | 254 | The ladder straightened, and I thrust out another foot, and then another, moving my hands on the spear, my hands sweaty, and then the ladder seemed, for an instant, to lean oddly back, away. |
| 17 | 255 | For an instant I was not clear that it would fall. |