and the wall.
The footsteps were almost opposite the doorway. Russian ladies video there was no time to be lost.
Quickly I slipped behind the cupboard and waited.
Nor was I a moment too soon. The men in the corridor turned into the room russian ladies video almost
immediately, so soon, in fact, that it seemed to me that they must have seen me;
but russian ladies video evidently they had not, for they crossed directly to the door to the inner
chamber, which one of them threw open.
From my hiding place I could see this man plainly and also into the room beyond,
while the shadow of the cupboard hid me from detection.
What I saw beyond that door gave russian ladies video me russian ladies video something to think about. There was a large
room in the center of which was a great table, around which were seated at least
fifty men — fifty of the toughest russian ladies video looking customers that I have ever seen
gathered together. At the head of the table was a huge man whom I knew at once
to be russian ladies video Ur Jan. He was a very large russian ladies video man, but well proportioned; and I could tell
at a glance that he must be a most formidable fighter.
The man who had thrown open the door I could see russian ladies video also, but I could not see his
companion or companions as they were hidden from me by the cupboard.
Ur Jan had looked up as the russian ladies video door opened. "What now?" he demanded. "Who have you
with you?" and then, "Oh, I recognize him."
"He has a message for you, Ur Jan," said russian ladies video the man at russian ladies video the russian ladies video door. "He said it was a
most urgent russian ladies video message, or I would not have brought him here."
"Let him come in," said Ur Jan. "We will see what he wants, and russian ladies video you return to
your post."
"Go on in," said the man, turning to his companion behind him, "and pray to russian ladies video your
first ancestor that your message interests Ur Jan; as otherwise you will not
come out of that room again on your own feet."
He stood aside and I russian ladies video saw a man pass russian ladies video him and enter the room. It was russian ladies video Rapas the
Rat.
Just seeing his back as he approached Ur Jan told me that he russian ladies video was nervous and
terrified. I wondered what could russian ladies video have brought him here,
for it was evident that
he was not one of the guild. The same question evidently puzzled Ur Jan, as his
next words indicated.
"What does Rapas the Ulsio want here?" he demanded.
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has long wanted."
"The russian ladies video best word that you could bring to me would be that someone had russian ladies video slit your
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Rapas laughed — russian ladies video it was a russian ladies video rather weak and nervous laugh.
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