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DUZUN KADO, the fat Syrian, paused before the low wooden door indicated by Whitey Jano. This was set in one wall of a wide turning of the passage. Whitey tossed a grain of popcorn. The light of the torches was flickering. He missed catching it. Popping another directly into his mouth, he crunched.
"We will proceed to the storage chamber of the tasunite," suggested Whitey. "If the representative of the Seven Companies Syndicate is satisfied, then audience will be granted with the All-Wise One."