4/11 Now she was on her knees beside one of the dead Maghrabis--the one killed by Janina. She found nothing; turned to the other; uttered a cry of exultation and held up a clumsy key. Her fingers held a crimson cord, from which the key dangled. The Master clutched the key, pressed forward to the inner door. A terrible intensity of emotion seized all the survivors, as he fitted the key to the ponderous lock. |