A few minutes more probably won't make much difference--but hurry." He turned back to his watch.

Ordering Chiu-Ming to stay with him I followed Ruth and Drake down the ruined stairway.

At the bottom she came to me, laid little hands on my shoulders.
"Walter," she breathed, "I'm frightened.

I'm so frightened I'm afraid to tell even Mart.

He doesn't like them, either, these little things you're going to see.