Thief of Time - Lead

Lobsang paused at the foot of a staircase, half hidden behind a luckless elephant. A red rope, now hard as a bar, suggested that this wasn't part of the public museum. There was an added hint in the shape of a notice saying: 'Absolutely No Admittance'.

'I should be up there,' he said.

'Let's not hang around, then, eh?' said Susan, leaping over the rope.

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The Thief of Time - p272