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| 28 | 126 | I did not View more quotes about stand">stand directly behind the door. |
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| 28 | 123 | I rose quietly to my feet. |
| 28 | 124 | I did not think I would care to be the first person through the door. |
| 28 | 125 | There was no light beneath the door, so whoever was outside was not carrying a lamp. |
| 28 | 126 | I did not stand directly behind the door. |
| 28 | 127 | The metal bolt of a crossbow, fired at close range, some inches from the other side of the door, that light a door, a sort not uncommon in the poorly built insulae of the Metellan district, could splinter through and bury itself in the opposite wall. |
| 28 | 128 | I heard the handle of the door, a lever handle, fixed crosswise in the door, move. |
| 28 | 129 | It moved only a little, of course, as the bolt was thrown, the lock peg in place. |