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| 18 | 639 | And then each View more quotes about time">time, she having discharged her public business, she would be, sometimes even near the Tower of Corridon, addressed from behind, and directed, always by the unseen observer, to a rendezvous elsewhere, in one place or another, at which point the small tube would be removed from her body and then, later, reinserted. |
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| 18 | 636 | Over the next few weeks she found herself, several times, embarked on similar obscure ventures. |
| 18 | 637 | There were some differences, of course. |
| 18 | 638 | For example, she was sent to different shops and places of business, and professional activity, but each time, of course, with some ostensible, public purpose, usually connected, at least officially, with her master's interests or work, a purpose which might be ascertained, for example, by guardsmen, were they inclined to inquire. |
| 18 | 639 | And then each time, she having discharged her public business, she would be, sometimes even near the Tower of Corridon, addressed from behind, and directed, always by the unseen observer, to a rendezvous elsewhere, in one place or another, at which point the small tube would be removed from her body and then, later, reinserted. |
| 18 | 640 | She did not know if she were carrying messages back to her master or not, as he never opened the tube in her presence. |
| 18 | 641 | He did not warn her to silence about these fascinating matters but she was, we may suppose, highly intelligent, or at least intelligent, and surely warily discreet. |
| 18 | 642 | Too, she did not wish to be smothered, or strangled, or suffer an unfortunate, fearful accident, for example, falling from the platform to the street so far below. |