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His watch was in his hand--it was a quarter after nine o'clock, when he heard the door at the far exit of the hall open and close He had heard it a dozen times since supper and paid no attention to it, but this time it was followed by a voice at the detachment office that hit him like an electrical shock Then, a hed

He stood up He heard the detachment office door close, and silence followed The watch in his hand see off the seconds with frantic noise He shoved it into his pocket and stood staring out into the prison alcove A few ain This tiht, hesitating footsteps, and his heart seehted alcove, and for perhaps the space of a dozen seconds there was silence again Then they advanced

Another lorious eyes of Marette Radisson!