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"I’ve got you!" Peter yelled "Hold on!"

Peter had hie

"Find so!"

Peter didn’t kno er he could hold him "Foto, can you pull us up?"

"You’re too heavy!"

"Tie it off and get down here with soathered on the street Many were pointing upward The distance to the ground had enlarged, beco an infinite space that would s the across the cleat above them

"What do you want me to do?"

Peter said, "Jock, there’s a se just below you Try to find it with your feet"

"It’s not there!"

"Yes, it is--I’ot it"

"Take a deep breath, okay? I’htened his grip on Peter’s wrist "Are you kidding uarantee, the lip will hold you if you don’t rip

"Foto, toss ed it under a seam in the tiles, reap until it bit Three strokes of the mallet drove it home He set the second nail, then lowered himself a few feet

"Toss me another"

"Please," Jock moaned, "hurry"

"Deep breaths This will all be over in a minute"

Peter set three more brackets in place "Okay, carefully reach up and to your left Got it?"

Jock’s hand gripped the bracket "Yeah Jesus"

"Now pull yourself up to the next one Take your time--there’s no hurry"