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WHAT WAS IT? THEY COULD NOT TELL THEMSELVES. THEY ONLY KNEW THAT THE BLACK SHADOWS AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRCASE WERE MOVING! THEY WERE RUSHING SWIFTLY AND NOISELESSLY DOWNWARDS.
(See page 332.)
