It was necessary to half encircle the cavern, and the passages were so often crossed by other passages that many times we had to guess at the proper road. As with one impulse we took it, turning to the left, and then flattened ourselves back against the wall as we saw a group of Incas passing at its farther end, some two hundred yards away.Īs I have said, we had entered the great cavern at a point almost directly opposite the alcove, and therefore at a distance from the entrance we sought. The corridor in which we now found ourselves stretched straight ahead for a distance, then turned to one side and the corner thus formed was flooded with a brilliant blaze of lightĪ short distance ahead we came to another passage, crossing at right angles, broad and straight, and somehow familiar. We had no sooner turned than we saw that which caused us to glance quickly at each other and hasten our step, while I smothered the ejaculation that rose to my lips. And then, glancing at him and following the direction of his gaze, I saw Desiree. Death we did not fear, even for Desiree but we remembered the horror of our own experience on the top of that column, and shuddered as we ran.Īll this I saw in a flash, when suddenly Harry's fingers sank into the flesh of my arm with such force that I all but cried out in actual pain. A prayer was on my lips that we might not be too late Harry's lips were compressed together tightly as a vise. We rushed forward side by side, guessing at our way, seeking the entrance to the tunnel that led to the foot of the column.
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