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over the edge of the precipice and down into the consuming inferno. For a terrible instant he thought he heard the sound of a woman's screams. There was a second explosionthe gas tank, he thought logicallyand then even more odious silence. |
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Reality gave way to hysteria, and he sank to his knees. He fell face first in the dirt. The earth itself muffled his desperate, unbridled anguish. |
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