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She stood before us
looking very composed as she gave us good morning. Sabri cleared his throat, and
picking up the great key very delicately between finger and thumb -- as if it
were of the utmost fragility -- put it down again on the edge of the desk
nearest her with the air of a conjurer making his opening dispositions. "We are
speaking about your house," he said softly, in a voice ever so faintly curdled
with menace. "Do you know that all the wood is..." he suddenly shouted the last
word with such force that I nearly fell off my chair, "rotten!" And picking up
the key he banged it down to emphasise the point.
The woman
threw up her head with contempt and taking up the key also banged it down in her
turn exclaiming: "It is not."
"It is." Sabri banged the
key.
"It is not." She banged it back.
"It is." A bang.
"It is not." A
counter-bang.
All this was certainly not on
A. the proceedings seemed inappropriate to the occasion
B. he was afraid that the contestants would become violent
C. he felt that no progress was likely to be made
D. he was not accustomed to such stupidity
