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"Montgomery -- Craggs! " said he.
A great hush fell over the huge assembly. Even the dogs stopped / yapping; one might have thought that the monstrous room was empty. / The two men had stood up, the small white gloves over their hands / They advanced from their corners and shook hands, Montgomery gravely, / Craggs with a smile. Then they fell into position. The crowd gave a / long sigh -- the intake of a thousand excited breaths. The referee tilted / his chair on to its back legs, and looked moodily critical from the one / to the other.