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decide whether the bullets continued to break
through close to the bottom of the door or
otherwise. Could this later fire have been
directed at Jack, who had unwisely exposed himself
at the side window?

Perk was strongly tempted to disobey orders
and hasten around the corner in order to learn
the worst. If that daredevil inside had hurt his
pal he would be mad enough to find some way of
blowing up the shack and the gas-mad ex-soldier
along with it, regardless of consequences. He
only waited long enough to run his swollen hands
over the recumbent figure of the man in irons so
as to make sure he could not play the same mean
trick a second time. Finding everything fast,
he turned away from the scene of his recent
ruction, and hurried around the corner of the
shack, bent on backing up Jack or, in case his pal
had been placed out of the running, to avenge his
injuries without delay.

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