`` striking several notes together , so they blend to produce a chord . '' throw off your choke chains , he said . it was cold outside and it was cold inside as well . the gravity here was stronger than she was used to . `` i-i do n't know how to manage people , colin . '' it will suit us quite well , i think . `` if one single word of anything that has happened here escapes your lips , you yourself will die at the next sounding of the bell . hed not even had his coffee yet . 