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....his flat was as  disarranged as his  life,  he quickly  turned aside the bed mattress,  under it was some  change of coins   and amidst them some bullets   he quickly  filled up his pockets with  metalic  sounding  coins and  bullets  and picked up his revolver,  the weight  of the revolver  suggested it was fully loaded 

George was still in tge corridor  when he spotted danger , two men emerged   from the lift and leaped  towards George,  he in a fraction of a  second  decided what he must do,  he turned to run,  the two  men  screaming chasing after him 

George got inside his flat locked out the intruders  , at that very moment  tge locked door shuddered,  both men in their   wickedest  form fiercely had thrown themselves onto the locked door