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Everything was perfectly still and there seemed to be 

 no s.gns of life about, so she stepped from her eWion 

 and approached, slowly, uncertainly and with manvpau cs 

 to ook anxjously about her. She made a complete eircu 



pass .Lw thin" '™"'k''"'"/?^'''"« ^««'-t '''* -'J- -d 

 wh ch^T w V, "V^"?' "^ "'" ^™''" P^^k-hole through 

 which I was breathlessly watching. Finally she stoppfd 



Fig. 205. She stepped carefully between the eggs and settled 



down 



