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DIAMONDS TO SIT ON

‘ Help ! Help ! ’ yelled the widow. But Bender was at the other end of the corridor by now. He climbed on to a window-sill, jumped down to the ground and disappeared round the corner. The widow shouted so loudly that she roused the night porter, who began to prowl round the building grumbling as he went up and down the corridors. At last he found the prisoner and released her, but not before he had threatened her with a fine.