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“Thank the stars for action-reaction!” Jane shouts, quoting from the approved book of science adventure quotations and aphorisms for young ladies. The descending counterweight lifts her rapidly to the garden balcony! She hurtles over the railing and into Tom’s arms. The two of them stumble backwards into the house wall.

The world rumbles.

…OOM.

“There goes the neighborhood,” says Tom.

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