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That is, if it worked and they were not caught up forever within this thick trap where there was no time, light, or distance. The gong sounded, but Raf made no move to rise. He heard Wonstead move, saw from the corner of his eye the other's bulk heave up obediently from the pad. "Hey mess gong!" He pointed out the obvious to Raf. With a sigh the other levered himself up on his elbows.
He could just push it forward a little, making a slight aperture. "Get the poker!" he said firmly. She ran obediently and brought it to him. He prized it into the gap, levered it forward until there was room for his fingers to squeeze through; then he thrust them in and used the strength of his arm, an additional lever, to push an opening down towards the key inside.
At a hundred yards they perceived the waiting horsemen, and halted abruptly. "You there!" Casey hailed. "We want to talk to you!" A vicious oath came as answer, distinct in the stillness. Then: "You get back and mind your own business!" McHale's rifle action clicked and clashed as he levered a cartridge from magazine to chamber. "Up with your hands, the bunch of you," he ordered, "or "
He hair was matted and caked with dark blood, but he was still breathing. "Harder to kill than I thought," Jason grunted as he levered himself painfully up onto one elbow and took a good look at this world where his spaceship sabotage had landed them. It was a grim desert, lumped with huddled bodies like the aftermath of a battle at world's-end.
Ashe was not satisfied and he would have spoken again, but Kelgarries interrupted: "If it comes to that, none of us here has any right to make final decisions. Waldour has already sent in his report about the snoop. We'll have to await orders from the council." Ruthven levered himself out of his chair, his solid bulk stretching his uniform coveralls. "That is correct, Colonel.
Birsie was in no condition, therefore, for argument upon the subject. So with the greatest readiness he struck straight out behind and took Saunders what he himself called a "dinnle on the elbuck." Nor was this all, for the razor suddenly levered upwards by Birsie's hoof added another and entirely unprofessional wrinkle to his face.
And when did it end hours ... days later? Time was a thing set apart from this. Ross lay in the quiet which his body welcomed thirstily. Then he was conscious of the touch of wind on his face, wind carrying the hint of sea salt. He opened his eyes and saw above him a patch of clouded sky. Shakily he levered himself up on his elbows.
Just as they had rolled up and levered into place a long fragment of rock designed to prevent the ends of their supporting pieces of wood from slipping on the cement floor, Mr. Clifford uttered an exclamation, then said: "I have wrung my back badly. Help me to the tent. I must lie down." Slowly and with great pain they staggered up the cave, Mr.
Behind the windfall he lay down, levered a cartridge into the chamber, and trained his rifle on the bridge head. The galloping horsemen were not a hundred paces from the stringer when the dynamite let go with a soul-satisfying roar. Rocks, earth, chunks and splinters of wood flew up in advance of a rolling cloud of smoke that obscured the cleft from rim to rim.
She pushed her plate aside, poured a cup of coffee, and levered a cigarette from the Readilit, puffing at it with the relish of the morning's first smoke. "All he knows is that we're holding our sale three days ahead of Macy & Gimbel's." "Russ is a good businessman," Pelton said seriously. "I wish you'd take a little more interest in him, Claire."
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