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| 25 | 169 | View more quotes about surely">Surely she must sense that she was already over the pool, its surface so far below, now rippling, stirred by the agitation of twisting, hungry bodies. |
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| 25 | 166 | "Move, move!" called the other. |
| 25 | 167 | Frightened, uncertainly, Sumomo moved a bit further on the board. |
| 25 | 168 | She had traversed only some third of the board's length, but, for all she knew, her next step could be her last. |
| 25 | 169 | Surely she must sense that she was already over the pool, its surface so far below, now rippling, stirred by the agitation of twisting, hungry bodies. |
| 25 | 170 | "Walk! Continue!" called a fellow up from the crowd. |
| 25 | 171 | I heard bets being taken, as to whether or not the end of the board would be reached. |
| 25 | 172 | I suspected the eels well anticipated, by now, perhaps from the past, perhaps from a variety of cues, sounds, movements, and reflections, if not from the two token feedings earlier administered, designed to do little more than sharpen the ravenous blades of hunger, that food was in the offing. |