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| 45 | 77 | There was a View more quotes about sound">sound of abrupt movement, of a falling, a rising, and a dashing toward the door. |
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| 45 | 74 | "Die!" I heard, a fierce whisper, and then there was the sound of a frenzied stabbing and cutting into the materials arranged on the bed, followed almost immediately by an expostulation of rage, frustration, disappointment, and fear as the assailant realized his error and possible jeopardy. |
| 45 | 75 | I sprang up. |
| 45 | 76 | "Hold!" I cried. |
| 45 | 77 | There was a sound of abrupt movement, of a falling, a rising, and a dashing toward the door. |
| 45 | 78 | "Hold!" I cried again, making my way to the door. |
| 45 | 79 | I did not rush through the door, wary as to the possible skill or intelligence of the assailant. |
| 45 | 80 | He might be just outside the portal, stopped, his flight arrested, waiting for me to rush through, reckless in pursuit, into the blade of his waiting knife. |