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When the glass bell was lowered around high Grandon rightly guessed that the thing was intended either to torture or kill him--perhaps both.
He gritted his teeth, though he flinched when the guard started the motor. A roaring sounded in his ears. Were they pumping some sort of deadly gas into the bell? He could detect no unusual odor of any kind. Breathing, however, was rapidly growing more and more difficult.