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After the smel of rank pipes and unwashed feet and the bedbugs in the railroad bunkhouses the smal cleanboarded hotel room with its clean beds seemed like a palace. He would send only two, he decided. The torch flickered weakly for amoment, then regained its previous strength. Mallory beamed.

Next day it was Dick's and Steve's turn to go on post to Rova. Faegan immediately wheeled his chair over to the scroll. The torches’ flames cast spectral shadows across the floor and walls. “We will remain here until you return.