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As Mary sprang backward and screamed, one of the calm men in grey, still grinning, announced, "I knowed you'd holler. " Sitting there comfortably the three surveyed her with amusement.
Mary caught her breath, throwing her hand up to her throat. "Oh! " she said, "you -- you frightened me!"