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"She’s concerned about her clean sheets," Eve said

He crossed his ar for anything in particular at the bathhouse?"

"Good idea I think there’s a bathhouse over by the e," I said "They’re basically barracks for the underground workers Listen for any comments about black coal or black dia on?" Eve asked

"They’re not supposed to, but…"

"It’s hard to keep so a secret," Nic finished for led a few stones out"

"It would be difficult" I explained about the search

"But not impossible," he said

I recalled what I had been able to carry into Wirral with ’s ied to his feet

"This is probably a waste of tiitiood news," Eve said "It would be refreshing"

I felt a suesthouse My actions were not exactly proper guest behavior Oh well A half-s Even at this late hour, aruarded theVasko’s residence--I neededto slip past so many watchers--I sneaked into a couple of the utilitarian structures Conveyor belts fro it into piles Workers shoveled the rock into screens and sifted thewas done inside Even the wagons filled with rejectedI found a couple of openbut air vents and they had protective walls around thehttime explorations, I couldn’t find another way into or out of the , I circled the command center Guards had been stationed next to the two entrances, but no one bothered to watch the sides of the building With no s on the first two floors, there wasn’t a reason to be concerned Unless the thief’s teacher happened to be Valek, who delighted in cli up sheer walls And most people didn’t bother to lock shutters on s above the fourth floor

I kicked off ether and looped theers, toes and a mortar cru Bypassing the third and fourth floors, I found an openon the top level and entered a dark office

I poked around the offices on the fifth floor, read a few papers by ht and worked my way down All the offices looked the sa out of the ordinary Even Vasko’s spacious work area held nothing incri a few h Vasko’s office on the third floor Unlocking the shutters, I pushed theht frolinted from under the wooden top I pulled the chair back and ran a hand along the wood Encountering a small lock, I crawled under and used my picks A small panel clicked open

Inside the hidden draere stacks of files I brought theht and skimmed the papers About three files down, I hit the jackpot