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It will take a rope I fear , '' he finished grimly . Brown led them round the back to a room not far from the one which had held Alice Burthen . `` It 's quieter here , '' he explained . `` They get noisy sometimes along about midnight . '' He opened the door and struck a sulphur match by whose weird flicker they made out a bed with a tossing figure upon it . Adrian crossed over and took the nervous clutching hands within his own firm clasp . `` Benito , '' he said .