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| 24 | 214 | But View more quotes about surely">surely the alarm was now once again out. |
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| 24 | 211 | Beside him lay two of the intruders. |
| 24 | 212 | I became vaguely aware, now, that the bars were again sounding. |
| 24 | 213 | The defenses of this part of the city, I gathered, had been drawn away, to defend the pens. |
| 24 | 214 | But surely the alarm was now once again out. |
| 24 | 215 | Surely it could be only a matter of minutes before a defense could be mustered. |
| 24 | 216 | I smelled smoke. |
| 24 | 217 | But what if the tarnsmen of Treve, those in the vicinity, were in pursuit of the first flight? What if it had drawn them away? Could they hear the alarm bars behind them, in the city? Could they be recalled? Could a messenger catch up with them? How much time would it take to do so, and then return? And would the officers of the pursuit return to the city? Their priorities might be otherwise. |