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Bob Eden stepped forward. "Good evening," he said. "I hope we haven't disturbed you."
Moving with some difficulty, the old man descended from the platform to the sandy floor of the desert. "How do," he said gravely, shaking hands. He also shook hands with Paula Wendell. "How do, miss. No, you didn't disturb me none. Just takin' my forty winks--I ain't so spry as I used to be."