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'Stand aside,' said Nijel, loftily. 'I will go first.'
'There could be traps-’ said Conina doubtfully. She shot the Seriph a glance.
'Oh, probably, O gazelle of Heaven,' he said. 'I haven't been in there since I was six. There were some slabs you shouldn't tread on, I think.'
'Don't worrybeen a horrified hush if it wasn't for the muffled grunts and occasional thumping noises from the tunnel. Eventually Nijel's voice echoed back down to them from a distance.
'There's absolutely nothing,' he said. 'I've tried everything. It's as steady as a rock. Everything must have seized up, or something.'
Rincewind and Conina exchanged glances.
'He doesn't know the first thing about traps,' she said. 'When I was five, my father made me walk all the way down a passage that he'd rigged up, just to teach me-’ about that,' said Nijel, peering into the gloom of the tunnel. 'I shouldn't think there's a booby trap that I couldn't spot.''Had a lot of experience at this sort of thing, have you?' said Rincewind sourly.'Well, I know Chapter Fourteen off by heart. It had illustrations,' said Nijel, and ducked into the shadows.They waited for several minutes in what would have
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