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| 43 | 30 | "What would satisfy the desiderata of concealment and the shortest View more quotes about tunnel">tunnel?" "The inner ditch," said Thurnock, "where digging and the removal of dirt might take place unseen". |
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| 43 | 27 | "It must be farther away," said Thurnock. |
| 43 | 28 | "From the walls of Mytilene we saw no evidence of digging". |
| 43 | 29 | "There you have the matter, my friends," I said. |
| 43 | 30 | "What would satisfy the desiderata of concealment and the shortest tunnel?" "The inner ditch," said Thurnock, "where digging and the removal of dirt might take place unseen". |
| 43 | 31 | "I think so," I said. |
| 43 | 32 | "Too, the inner ditch is a more secure location, more so than the outer ditch, one easier to defend, lest an excursion take place from within the walls of Mytilene". |
| 43 | 33 | "True," said Thurnock. |