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andru235 "A ladder led down into the shadows. Outside, leaves shook in the wind. They didn't like the look of that hole in the floor.

" ``Too dark down there!`` they cried. ``Who knows what's at the bottom.`` They looked at me again.

" ``Probably a room of some kind,`` I volunteered quickly.* ``But you know what I say about appearances.`` It would have been a relief to get outside for a while.

"They wanted to know if they had been here before ... how could I answer that?"

--not "c.m."

* it pleased me to respond as such.
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