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           Thetorch,flashingoverthegrotesquelycarvedwallsoftheblockedcorridorinwhichwestood,showedseveraldoorwaysinvariousstatesofobstruction;andfromoneofthemthegasolineodorquitesubmergingthatotherhintofodorcamewithespecialdistinctness. Aswelookedmoresteadily,wesawthatbeyondadoubttherehadbeenaslightandrecentclearingawayofdebrisfromthatparticularopening. Whateverthelurkinghorrormightbe,webelievedthedirectavenuetowarditwasnowplainlymanifest. Idonotthinkanyonewillwonderthatwewaitedanappreciabletimebeforemakinganyfurthermotion. 

           Andyet,whenwedidventureinsidethatblackarch,ourfirstimpressionwasoneofanticlimax. Foramidstthelitteredexpanseofthatsculpturedcryptaperfectcubewithsidesofabouttwentyfeetthereremainednorecentobjectofinstantlydiscerniblesize;sothatwelookedinstinctively,thoughinvain,forafartherdoorway. Inanothermoment,however,Danforth’ssharpvisionhaddescriedaplacewherethefloordebrishadbeendisturbed;andweturnedonbothtorchesfullstrength. Thoughwhatwesawinthatlightwasactuallysimpleandtrifling,Iamnonethelessreluctanttotellofitbecauseofwhatitimplied. Itwasaroughlevelingofthedebris,uponwhichseveralsmallobjectslaycarelesslyscattered,andatonecornerofwhichaconsiderableamountofgasolinemusthavebeenspilledlatelyenoughtoleaveastrongodorevenatthisextremesuperplateaualtitude. Inotherwords,itcouldnotbeotherthanasortofcampacampmadebyquestingbeingswho,likeus,hadbeenturnedbackbytheunexpectedlychokedwaytotheabyss. 

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