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189tunnels fully.%u201d%u201cAnother intrusion,%u201d she said angrily. %u201cI%u2019m going back to bed. Do your search and then leave. Don%u2019t bang the door.%u201dShe left the door open, went upstairs, dropped her dressing gown, and got into bed, dragging her dressing gown back from the floor and roughly arranging it on top of the duvet to hide their shapes in the bed.She pulled the little man closer to her, %u201cStay flat and tight into me. No moving and no sound. They%u2019ll think it%u2019s just me in here.%u201dShe waited, knowing full well they would burst into her bedroom. As she heard footsteps on the stairs, she whispered, %u201cDon%u2019t move now.%u201dThe door opened and the suited man stood in the doorway. %u201cWe found a tunnel in the cellar. Was it there before?%u201d%u201cGod. Can%u2019t I get some bloody sleep?%u201d she said loudly.%u201dTunnel? No idea. I don%u2019t go down there. It%u2019s too dark and creepy.%u201d%u201cI need to search your room,%u201d he said and strode in. She watched as he opened t h e w a r d r o b e a n d rummaged through the clothes hanging inside. He turned and looked at the bed, walked over and crouched down to look underneath. He stood up, and she thought he was about to pull the duvet off, so she said, %u201cDon%u2019t The Sink Hole