At Swords' Point
“The Sign Of The Black Man 12 THE SIGN OF THE BLACK MAN It was still only gray-light at the window when Maartens arrived the next morning. He brought with him a bundle of clothing, and he himself was wearing the seaman's jersey and the patched dungarees he had favored while on the Polite Policeman.
“Rouse yourself,” he greeted Quinn. “This is no time to laze in bed — ”
Quinn rubbed the smart out of his eyes and indulged in a series of jaw cracking yawns.
“It can’t be time yet — ”
“It is five of ...the clock and cold enough to frost you white. But we’d better be on the move. In the first place our friend Wasburg is getting ready to go, and I don't want him to get to the caverns too long before us — ”
Quinn shed his pajamas on the way to the bathroom. A moment later the bundle of clothing soared in past him, coming apart in the air so worn khaki slacks draped themselves around his shoulders.
“Put those on. We may have to do some crawling before we are through today.”MoreLess
“Rouse yourself,” he greeted Quinn. “This is no time to laze in bed — ”
Quinn rubbed the smart out of his eyes and indulged in a series of jaw cracking yawns.
“It can’t be time yet — ”
“It is five of ...the clock and cold enough to frost you white. But we’d better be on the move. In the first place our friend Wasburg is getting ready to go, and I don't want him to get to the caverns too long before us — ”
Quinn shed his pajamas on the way to the bathroom. A moment later the bundle of clothing soared in past him, coming apart in the air so worn khaki slacks draped themselves around his shoulders.
“Put those on. We may have to do some crawling before we are through today.”MoreLess
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