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Jack, Bandy, ami Leslie groped altout the counter in the dim light until Handy found tin- lamp In- had brought in before dinner. Betty produced a box of matches from a drawer. Soon they all stood in the orange glow, the Hante casting eerie, dancing shadows across their faces.
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"Then let's get it—"
Something bumped and creaked above their heads.
They froze in the glow of the lamp, eyes turned upward, listening.
A thump. Another creak. A succession of thumps— like footsteps.
"He's on the roof." Bettv whispered.
Randy kicked a cupboard door and started pacing iu a show of some bravado, but Jack noticed the sheen of sweat on his forehead, "lie's trying for an upstairs window."
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