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Sarah looked at the dark house. It had a forbidding air, but she could sense the riches lying in wait inside. She waited as the owner, a tall thin man, locked the gate and then opened the door of his car. Still not moving from her hiding place, she counted to a hundred under her breath. A man in a tuxedo was not likely to be going to the local store but she would not take any chances. Too many others had been caught like that.

Satisfied that the man was not coming back she quickly moved to the gate. She had earlier scouted the place. There was only one alarm system, and that was in the house itself. Some people never learned. Climbing the fence was too easy.

The house itself was more problematic. She had not discovered what type of alarm system was in place and so she had planned to hit and run. The locks on the windows were easy enough to pry open. Window lintels were very conveniently placed, and she was soon at what she hoped was a bedroom window. She knew that when she entered the alarm would go off, but that did not deter her.
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