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           Probablywehadnotgivenupourzealtoglimpsetheabyssitself,thoughtherewasinterposedanewgoalintheformofthatgreatcircularplaceshownonthecrumpledsketcheswehadfound. Wehadatoncerecognizeditasamonstrouscylindricaltowerfiguringintheveryearliestcarvings,butappearingonlyasaprodigiousroundaperturefromabove. Somethingabouttheimpressivenessofitsrendering,eveninthesehastydiagrams,madeusthinkthatitssubglaciallevelsmuststillformafeatureofpeculiarimportance. Perhapsitembodiedarchitecturalmarvelsasyetunencounteredbyus. Itwascertainlyofincredibleageaccordingtothesculpturesinwhichitfiguredbeingindeedamongthefirstthingsbuiltinthecity. Itscarvings,ifpreserved,couldnotbutbehighlysignificant. Moreover,itmightformagoodpresentlinkwiththeupperworldashorterroutethantheoneweweresocarefullyblazing,andprobablythatbywhichthoseothershaddescended. 

           Atanyrate,thethingwedidwastostudytheterriblesketcheswhichquiteperfectlyconfirmedourownandstartbackovertheindicatedcoursetothecircularplace;thecoursewhichournamelesspredecessorsmusthavetraversedtwicebeforeus. Theotherneighboringgatetotheabysswouldliebeyondthat. Ineednotspeakofourjourneyduringwhichwecontinuedtoleaveaneconomicaltrailofpaperforitwaspreciselythesameinkindasthatbywhichwehadreachedthecul-desac; exceptthatittendedtoadheremorecloselytothegroundlevelandevendescendtobasementcorridors. Everynowandthenwecouldtracecertaindisturbingmarksinthedebrisorlitterunderfoot;andafterwehadpassedoutsidetheradiusofthegasolinescent,wewereagainfaintlyconsciousspasmodicallyofthatmorehideousandmorepersistentscent. 

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