Her impatience with the Doctor was rapidly approaching the limits of endurance. He was pacing the flagstones of the chamber with his chin sunk onto his chest, deep in thought. He moved from the cabinet to the door, then back to the cabinet, then across to the shutter in the far wall and finally back to the cabinetas if in some kind of trance. But whenever he passed one of the Shrieve Guards he looked up with an affable smile and a nod. At last Romana could stand it no longer. What is happening? she demanded in a furious whisper, trying hard to keep up with the Doctors erratic steps across the huge chequered floor. A Triple Alpha Graduate surely does not need to have the situation explained, he muttered. You have all the facts: examine them. Romana folded her arms as if to stop herself provoking a showdown. Doctor, I refuse to give way to your obvious attempts to trigger an inadequacy syndrome in my behaviour, she said with forced calmness. Knight to Queens Bishop Three... the Doctor replied, glancing down at his feet which were planted widely and awkwardly apart on the flagstones, and then glancing up at the vaulted roof above them.
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