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Seeing Donovan's eyes fixed on the cupboard, Julie took a quiet deep breath through her lips. She let out a small laugh and said, "I think one of my things must have fallen in the cupboard."

"Did it now?" questioned Donovan, as if he was daring her to speak up the truth. "It sounded more like a rat moving inside the cupboard. Are you sure you don't have one here?" 

That depends on what kind of rat you are talking about, said Julie in her head. She said, "I don't think I have ever seen a rat since I started studying here in Veteris. The university is very clean and well maintained."