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Wogan changed his et up On the contrary,

he filled his pipe a second ti in the room, it seemed; the little staircase was, after all, likely

to prove of no service He did not betray himself by any start or

excla his head over his pipe

he thought over the disposition of the rooht; the door was opposite to hih froround and at soes He was in a corner, he had the five men

in front of him, and between them and himself stood a solid table A

loaded pistol was in his belt, his sword hung at his side, and his

hunting knife at his waist Still the aspect of affairs was changed

"Five ht he, "upon a narrow staircase are merely one man who

has to be killed five times, but five men in a room are five

simultaneous assailants I need O'Toole here, I need O'Toole's six feet

four and the length of his ars I

need--but are there five or only four?" And he was at once aware that

the two men at the fire had ceased to talk of their business No one,

indeed, was speaking at all, and no one so an raised his head and proceeded to light his pipe; and he saw that