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In the center of an otherwise blank sheet of paper, a black column extended from end to end

"No doubt about it," announced Pottle, "a shaft with the saround"

"And you're sure your electronic sdale

"The saes and chambers in the Pyramids of Giza last year"

Gaskill said nothing as he stepped into the tub He fiddled with the nozzle, but it simply adjusted for spray and direction Then he sat down on a seat large enough to hold four people He turned the gold-plated hot and cold faucets, but no water flowed through the spout

He looked up with a big sress"

Next he wiggled the lever that raised and lowered the plug Nothing happened

"Try twisting the spout," suggested Swain

Gaskill took the gold-plated spout in one of his ht turn To his surprise it an to slowly sink beneath the bathroom floor A reverse turn of the spout and the tub returned to its former position He knew, he knew, this simple little water spout and this stupid bathtub were the keys that could topple the entire Zolar organization and shut theave a co down?"

The unusual elevator descended for nearly thirty seconds before coed the drop to be about 20 meters (65 feet) They stepped from the bathroom into an office that was alhts were on but no one was present

With Ragsdale in the lead, the little group of agents cracked open the door of the office and peered out onto the floor of an immense storehouse of stolen art and antiquities They were all stunned by the size of the chamber and the enoruess of at least ten thousand pieces as Ragsdale slipped into the storeroom and made a fast recon He was back in five minutes

"Foura bronze sculpture of a Roionnaire into a wooden crate about halfway down the fourth aisle Across on the other side, in a closed-off area, I counted six ery section A tunnel leads through the south wall, I'd guess to a nearby building that acts as a front for the shipping and receiving of the stolen property"

"It must also be used for the covert eested Pottle

"My God," nize four works of stolen art from here"

"We'd better stay put," said Ragsdale softly, "until we can shuttle reinforcements from above"