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           Ofcoursetherevelationwasnotasclearlycutatthetimeasitsoundsnow. Therewereseveralconceivableexplanations,andwedidagooddealofindecisivewhispering. Mostimportantofall,wedidnotretreatwithoutfurtherinvestigation;forhavingcomethisfar,wewereloathtobebalkedbyanythingshortofcertaindisaster. Anyway,whatwemusthavesuspectedwasaltogethertoowildtobelieve. Suchthingsdidnothappeninanynormalworld. Itwasprobablysheerirrationalinstinctwhichmadeusdimoursingletorchtemptednolongerbythedecadentandsinistersculpturesthatleeredmenacinglyfromtheoppressivewallsandwhichsoftenedourprogresstoacautioustiptoeingandcrawlingovertheincreasinglylitteredfloorandheapsofdebris. 

           Danforth’seyesaswellasnoseprovedbetterthanmine,foritwaslikewisehewhofirstnoticedthequeeraspectofthedebrisafterwehadpassedmanyhalf-chokedarchesleadingtochambersandcorridorsonthegroundlevel. Itdidnotlookquiteasitoughtaftercountlessthousandsofyearsofdesertion,andwhenwecautiouslyturnedonmorelightwesawthatakindofswathseemedtohavebeenlatelytrackedthroughit. Theirregularnatureofthelitterprecludedanydefinitemarks,butinthesmootherplacesthereweresuggestionsofthedraggingofheavyobjects. Oncewethoughttherewasahintofparalleltracksasifofrunners. Thiswaswhatmadeuspauseagain. 

           Itwasduringthatpausethatwecaughtsimultaneouslythistimetheotherodorahead. Paradoxically,itwasbothalessfrightfulandmorefrightfulodorlessfrightfulintrinsically,butinfinitelyappallinginthisplaceundertheknowncircumstancesunless,ofcourse,Gedneyfortheodorwastheplainandfamiliaroneofcommonpetrolevery-daygasoline. 

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