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　　82,　　Weeks later,　　• Silo 18 •,　　The three of them sat around the conference table, Juliette adjusting the gauze bandage on her hand tocover the raised lace of scar tissue peeking ¹ out. The overalls ² they’d given her were loose to minimizethe pain, but the undershirt itched ³ everywhere it touched. She sat in one of the plush chairs and rolledback and forth ⁵ with the push of her toes, impatient, ready to get out of there. But Lukas and Peter hadthings to discuss. They had escorted her this close to the exit, this close to the great stairwell, only tosit her down in that room. To get some privacy, they had said. The looks on their faces made hernervous.,　　Nobody said anything for a while. Peter used the excuse of sending a tech for some water, butwhen the pitcher ⁶ came and the glasses were filled, nobody reached for a drink. Lukas and Peterexchanged nervous glances. Juliette grew tired of waiting.,　　“What is it?” she asked. “Can I go? I feel like you’ve been delaying this for days. ” She glanced ather watch, wiggled her arm so it would fall from the bandage on her wrist and she could see the tinyface. She stared across the table at Lukas and had to laugh at the worry on his face. “Are you tryingto keep me here forever? Because I told everyone in the deep that I’d be seeing them tonight.
”,　　“C’mon, guys. Spit it out. What’s troubling you? The doc said I was fine for the trip down and Itold you I’d check in with Marsh ⁷ and Hank if I had any problems. I’m gonna be late enough as it is ifI don’t get a move on.”,　　“Okay, ” Lukas said, letting out a sigh. It was as though he’d given up on Peter being the one. “It’sbeen a few weeks—
”,　　“And you two’ve made it feel like months.” She twisted the dial on the side of her watch, anancient tic returning like it had never left.,　　“It’s just that ”—Lukas coughed into his fist, clearing his throat—“we couldn’t give you all thenotes that were sent to you.” He frowned at her, looked guilty.,　　Juliette’s heart dropped. She sagged ⁸ forward, waiting for it. More names would be coming tomove from one sad list to another—,They caught him peeking in through the keyhole. 他们发现他从钥匙孔里向里窥视。 来自辞典例句,He is in overalls today.他今天穿的是工作裤 。