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She opened and closed the door softly, and I heard

her running up the steps within

I ran back to the chapel, roundly abusing lected my irl, fearful lest the openings

I had left at both ends of the passage should have been

discovered The tunnel added a new and puzzling factor

to the probleer

for an opportunity to sit down in peace and comfort to

study the situation

At the chapel I narrowly escaped running into Stoddard,

but I slipped past him, pulled the hidden door

into place, traversed the tunnel without incident, and

soon clih the hatchway and sla