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She was conscious of perhaps a half-dozen strangers near her and could hear the babble of their voices as if from a distance. She tried to keep her mind clear as she heard random phrases from the strangers in different voices. Her head was spinning as she listened to their comments about the recent attacks in the town. "Dreadful!" a high-pitched elderly female was say- ing. "I don't dare venture out at night alone any longer." "Nor do I," a harsh-voiced younger woman agreed. "We're buying a watch dog. A great, angry creature." "The police are too lax," a droning male voice insisted. "They ought to have found out who murdered Nancy by now." "What about the artist?" Another ancient male voice asked maliciously. "I still think he may have had some- thing more to do with it than he has admitted." "The most vicious kind of killing," a throaty young feminine voice deplored. "I'm terrified!" "What sort of creature would commit such a bloody crime?" a young man inquired indignantly. |