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| 52 | 1028 | I View more quotes about opened">opened my eyes just long enough to catch sight of the handle still vibrating, a hand's breadth from my throat, and then, I fear, I slumped into unconsciousness at the foot of the tree. |
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| 52 | 1025 | I closed my eyes, trembling. |
| 52 | 1026 | It seemed I had them closed for a long time, though I would suppose the interval was actually quite short. |
| 52 | 1027 | I had just decided that he, mercifully, had decided not to cast the knife after all, when there was, close, to my left, at the level of my throat, a sudden, firm, unmistakable sound, like the slap of metal driven into wood, followed by the tremor of a briefly quivering blade. |
| 52 | 1028 | I opened my eyes just long enough to catch sight of the handle still vibrating, a hand's breadth from my throat, and then, I fear, I slumped into unconsciousness at the foot of the tree. |
| 53 | 1 | "It is my hope," I said, "that Master's slave has pleased him" "In two days," he said, "we should reach the Laurius. |
| 53 | 2 | We will avoid Laura, for I fear partisans may linger there. |
| 53 | 3 | We will cross the Laurius by ferry, inconspicuously with others, at one point or other, and continue south, eventually to reach the Vosk, following which we will seek Victoria". |