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<DIV>his personal galaxy exploding into a thousand blinding stars of fire.
Gunshots! One after another. On the east wing of the path! His legs
cycled faster and faster, leaping over two and three steps at a time; he
reached the path and like a man possessed raced up the path toward Villa
Twenty, snapping his head to the right in furious confusion that only
added to his panic. People-men and woman from his staff-were clustered
around the doorway of Villa Fourteen! ... Who was there? ... My God, the
judge!
His lungs bursting, every muscle and tendon in his legs stretched to
the breaking point, St. Jacques reached his sisters house. He crashed
through the gate, and ran to the door, hurling his body against it and
bursting through to the room inside. Eyes bulging first in horror, then
in unmeasurable pain, he fell to his knees, screaming. On the white wall</DIV></BODY></HTML>