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Mr White’s unibrow knit together "The drawer What drawer?"

"Same one she’s always been in," said Horace

He shook Horace by the jaw and shouted, "What drawer?!"

Horace started to say so, then closed his mouth Sed hard Stiffened his back Then his eyes came open and he looked hard into Mr White’s and said, "Your ht in Mr White’s face

Mr White slammed Horace in the side of the head with the handle of his knife Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets

"What’s this?" said Mr White, bending down to look

"I caught theht us

"Why are you just telling ht--"

"Never mind," Mr White said "Go intercept it Now"

"Sir?"

Mr White glanced at the ticket, then at his watch "The eight-thirty to LondonIf you’re quick, it’ll be waiting for you there Search it fro with first class"

The soldier saluted him and ran outside

Mr White turned to the other soldiers "Search the rest of the else of interest If they resist, shoot them"

While two soldiers with rifles covered us, a third went froh our pockets Most of us had nothing but crumbs and lint, but the soldier found an ivory coed, but he only laughed and said, "She irl!"

Enoch was carrying a srave dirt, which the soldier opened, sniffed, and dropped in disgust In my pocket he found my dead cell phone Eely, wondering why I still had it Horace lay un possu it When the soldier came toward her, she snarled, "Lay a hand on me and I’ll burn it off!"

"Please, hold your fire!" he said, and broke out laughing "Sorry, couldn’t resist"

"I’," Emma said, and she took her hands out fro red, and even froave off

The soldier jumped out of her reach "Hot touch and a temper to match!" he said "I like that in a woman But burn me and Clark there’ll spackle the ith your brainy bits"

The soldier he’d indicated pressed the barrel of his rifle to E and falling fast Then she lowered her hands and folded theer

So was I

"Careful, now," the soldier warned her "No sudden moves"

My fists clenched as I watched hiers under the neckline of her dress, all with unnecessary slowness and a leering grin I’d never felt so powerless in all e

"She doesn’t have anything!" I shouted "Leave her alone!"

I was ignored

"I like this one," the soldier said to Mr White "I think we should keep her awhile For … science"