text: That I can build card houses seven stories high , but I cannot " ” thump ” " find " ” thump ” " that last link of which I spoke to you . " 152 I could not quite tell what to say , so I held my peace , and he began slowly building up the cards again , speaking in jerks as he did so .
  
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  I knew what I had to say , so we started a conversation .