Mort - door

“All right, tonight then,” he said, slightly put out, and added, “I will begone!”

“Begone what?”

“It’s hero talk,” said Cutwell, kindly. “He can’t help it.” Mort scowled at him, smiled bravely at Keli and walked out of the room.

“He might have opened the door,” said Keli, after he had gone.

“I think he was a bit embarrassed,” said Cutwell. “We all go through that stage.”

“What, of walking through things?”

“In a manner of speaking. Walking into them, anyway.”

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