She opened and closed the door softly, and I heard

her running up the steps within.

I ran back to the chapel, roundly abusing myself for

having neglected my more serious affairs for a bit of

silly talk with a school-girl, fearful lest the openings

I had left at both ends of the passage should have been

discovered. The tunnel added a new and puzzling factor

to the problem already before me, and I was eager

for an opportunity to sit down in peace and comfort to

study the situation.

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At the chapel I narrowly escaped running into Stoddard,

but I slipped past him, pulled the hidden door

into place, traversed the tunnel without incident, and

soon climbed through the hatchway and slammed the

false block securely into the opening.




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