So there I was, a lunatic and a coward for company, and all about, watching our little drama, the rats.

8 seconds sound clip from the Three Skeleton Key (Escape) classic radio play.

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- He was tapping the glass gently. Not quite hard enough to break it.

- I eased myself to my feet and slowly, very slowly, tiptoed toward him.

- All I have to do is tap just a little harder.

- I found a coil of wire in the tool kit and I trussed him up. Fastened him to a stanchion in the center of the room.

- Louis was of no help. He lay on his side looking at his bloody hand, weak and sick as a baby.

- So there I was, a lunatic and a coward for company, and all about, watching our little drama, the rats.

- The day dragged by. The supply boat wasn't due for another twelve days. I don't know what they could have done if they had come.

- We had only one way of summoning them and that was to shoot off distress rockets, but the rockets were four floors below.

- And even if they'd been right there in the gallery, I couldn't have opened a window to fire them.

- That night, I tended the light, but its flame was devouring our oxygen.

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