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| 27 | 170 | A bit View more quotes about later">later I heard Jane gasp, heard a sharp, cutting sound, and, a bit later, the dropping of a light metal object into the tool box. |
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| 27 | 167 | A bit later the door at the far end of the room opened, and a large-handed, brawny fellow, bearded, with a leather cap, entered, carrying a lidless tool box by its triangular handle. |
| 27 | 168 | As soon as we saw that the entrant was male we went to first-obeisance position, kneeling, head to the floor, hands, palms down, at the side of our head. |
| 27 | 169 | The tool box was set down near us and we, not looking up, heard the fellow reaching into the box, moving one or another of its contents about. |
| 27 | 170 | A bit later I heard Jane gasp, heard a sharp, cutting sound, and, a bit later, the dropping of a light metal object into the tool box. |
| 27 | 171 | "May I speak, Master?" I begged. |
| 27 | 172 | "Yes," he said, moving toward me. |
| 27 | 173 | "There is some mistake," I said. |