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| 18 | 170 | In a View more quotes about moment">moment, however, we heard the stairs shaking and creaking, from flights above, and then, in a bit, expeditiously, presumably orienting himself expertly by the walls at the sides of the stairs, down came the bulk of the large fellow, his paunch swaying, his robes flying behind him. |
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| 18 | 167 | "Pretty sure," I said. |
| 18 | 168 | "Perhaps we should wait out back," said Marcus, "to close off his retreat". |
| 18 | 169 | "It is dark out there," I said. |
| 18 | 170 | In a moment, however, we heard the stairs shaking and creaking, from flights above, and then, in a bit, expeditiously, presumably orienting himself expertly by the walls at the sides of the stairs, down came the bulk of the large fellow, his paunch swaying, his robes flying behind him. |
| 18 | 171 | "He moves with great rapidity," said Marcus. |
| 18 | 172 | "Perhaps he can see in the dark?" "No," I said. |
| 18 | 173 | "Perhaps he is part sleen," he said. |