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| 42 | 40 | I was far View more quotes about better">better prepared, of course, than poor Paula had been, for I had seen this thing before, and, in the house of Flavius Minor in Brundisium, had seen similar things, full-blooded Kurii. |
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| 42 | 37 | I heard a scratching, I supposed, of claws moving on the wood of the kitchen floor, and then there was silence, but I saw the shadow of something large, but crouched, moving, on the jamb of the door. |
| 42 | 38 | I supposed the claws had been retracted. |
| 42 | 39 | I closed my eyes, briefly. |
| 42 | 40 | I was far better prepared, of course, than poor Paula had been, for I had seen this thing before, and, in the house of Flavius Minor in Brundisium, had seen similar things, full-blooded Kurii. |
| 42 | 41 | Still I was frightened. |
| 42 | 42 | I was very much aware, for an instant, of the cords fastening my ankles together. |
| 42 | 43 | Perhaps, I wondered, that was more necessary than I had realized. |