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"Is that you,and, oh, I was so worried the wights had got you--"

Bronas squeezing us against the bars so hard I thought Istronger than iron, which I realized was the only reason Bronwyn hadn’t broken out of her cell

"Can’t … breathe," Eo

Now that I could get a proper look at her, I noticed a bruise on Bronwyn’s cheek and a dark stain thatone side of her blouse "What did they do to you?" I said

"Nothing serious," she replied, "though there’s been threats"

"And the others?" Eain "Where are the others?"

"Here!" came a voice from down the hallway "Over here!" caainst the bars of the cells lining the hall, the faces of our friends There they were: Horace and Enoch, Hugh and Claire, Olive, gasping through the bars at us fro--all there, all of the and alive, except poor Fiona--lost when she fell fro her was a luxury we didn’t have right then

"Oh, thank the birds, theto take Olive’s hand "You can’t iine hoorried we’ve been!"

"Not half as worried as we’ve been!" Hugh said from down the hall

"I told them you’d come for us!" Olive said, near tears "I told the I was a loony for thinking so …"

"Never mind, they’re here now!" said Enoch "What took you so bloody long?"

"How in Perplexus’s nahts had bothered to dress in prisoners’ garb--a striped jumpsuit that made him easy to see

"We’ll tell you the whole story," said Eet you all out of here!"