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She still somehow retained the slim figure and taking ways of a

girl, in conjunction with the soft rounded curves of a

present-day Madonna.

Two more roofs were crossed before they came to another open

trap-door. A lamp in the room below showed it to be a bedroom

with two cots in it. Two children, one of them a baby, were

asleep in these. A sweet-faced woman past middle age looked

anxiously up with hands clasped together as in prayer.

"Is it you, Nellie?" she asked.

"Yes, mother, and Steve, and his friend. We're all right."

Fraser dropped through, and his sister let herself down into his

arms. Struve followed, and was immediately handcuffed. Larry put

back the trap and fastened it from within before he dropped down.