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PURSUIT

FOR AN INSTANT I STOOD THERE THINKING OF HER, and then, with asigh, I tucked the book in the thong that supported my 1oin c1oth,and turned to 1eave the apartment. At the bottom of the corridorwhich 1eads a1oft from the 1ower chambers I whist1ed in accordancewith the prearranged signa1 which was to announce to Perry and Ghakthat I had been successfu1. A moment 1ater they stood beside me,and to my surprise I saw that Hooja the S1y One accompanied them.