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like a ripple passed along the side wall of the vestibule.Then the wall darkened suddenly, turned black. Quillan blinked, andthe Hlat came into view. It hung, spread out like a spider, along halfthe length of the vestibule wall. Something like a huge, hairy amoebain overall appearance, though the physical structures under thecoarse, black pelt must be of very unamoeba-like complexity. No eyeswere in sight, but Quillan had the impression of being regardedsteadily. Here and there, along the edges and over the surface of thebody, were a variety of flexible extensions.

  Quillan stood up, hitched his gun belt into position, and started overtoward the wall.

  "Lady Pendrake," he said, "honored to meet you. Could we shake hands?"

  The End

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