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| 34 | 17 | In the case of the first man, the pit master had reminded the leader of the strangers that various security devices in the corridors were armed, especially in view of the incursion of the raiders earlier, and reiterated his offer to furnish expert guidance. |
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| 34 | 14 | One had been pierced by a concealed spear, spring-released from the side of a corridor, another in crossing one of the narrow bridges over a crevice, it buckling as weight was placed at its center, another when an apparently solid portion of the corridor had fallen away beneath him, plunging him screaming, we heard the screams even where we were, into a nest of tiny, active serpents below, serpents called osts. |
| 34 | 15 | They are, it seems, highly poisonous. |
| 34 | 16 | The effects of the poison, too, I am told, are not pretty to watch. |
| 34 | 17 | In the case of the first man, the pit master had reminded the leader of the strangers that various security devices in the corridors were armed, especially in view of the incursion of the raiders earlier, and reiterated his offer to furnish expert guidance. |
| 34 | 18 | "You will remain here," the leader of the strangers had informed him. |
| 34 | 19 | "As you wish," said the pit master. |
| 34 | 20 | In the case of the second man, it seemed that he had neglected to lock two small rods in place, toward the center of the bridge, before sliding it out, into place, without which action, it buckles and turns, as on a hinge. |