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Updated: June 20, 2025
There was only one way out, up or down the ladder, and the enemy could have that under observation from below. All they would need to do was to use a flamer or a paralyzing ray such as the one he had turned over to Ashe several days ago. Ross inched along to the stairwell. A faint pad of movement, a shadow of sound from the ladder. Someone on the way up.
Neatly lettered by hand in blue upon a white ground it said simply "Calcutta", with a downward pointing arrow. Jurgen descended the dark stairwell, passed one steel door tightly closed with a padlock, and found the next door unlocked. The same name was painted on the door at eye level.
"Is it Cap'n Selwyn you want?" Above, Selwyn, hearing his name screamed through the shadows of the ancient house, came to the stairwell and looked down into the blackness. "What is it, Mrs. Glodden?" he said sharply; then, catching sight of a dim figure springing up the stairs: "Here! this way.
The pennies he earned during the day mostly ended up in Mabel's coffers where Jurgen thought they should be. His own savings began to dwindle. He increased the hours he spent searching for good employment. It seemed to Jurgen that every time he descended the dark stairwell to Calcutta and opened the door, there were more customers than had been there the last time.
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