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           Interruptingthesesculpturedwallswerehighwindowsandmassivetwelve-footdoorways;bothnowandthenretainingthepetrifiedwoodenplankselaboratelycarvedandpolishedoftheactualshuttersanddoors. Allmetalfixtureshadlongagovanished,butsomeofthedoorsremainedinplaceandhadtobeforcedasideasweprogressedfromroomtoroom. Windowframeswithoddtransparentpanesmostlyellipticalsurvivedhereandthere,thoughinnoconsiderablequantity. Therewerealsofrequentnichesofgreatmagnitude,generallyempty,butonceinawhilecontainingsomebizarreobjectcarvedfromgreensoapstonewhichwaseitherbrokenorperhapsheldtooinferiortowarrantremoval. Otherapertureswereundoubtedlyconnectedwithbygonemechanicalfacilitiesheating,lighting,andthelikeofasortsuggestedinmanyofthecarvings. Ceilingstendedtobeplain,buthadsometimesbeeninlaidwithgreensoapstoneorothertiles,mostlyfallennow. Floorswerealsopavedwithsuchtiles,thoughplainstoneworkpredominated. 

           AsIhavesaid,allfurnitureandothermovableswereabsent;butthesculpturesgaveaclearideaofthestrangedeviceswhichhadoncefilledthesetomblike,echoingrooms. Abovetheglacialsheetthefloorsweregenerallythickwithdetritus,litter,anddebris,butfartherdownthisconditiondecreased. Insomeofthelowerchambersandcorridorstherewaslittlemorethangrittydustorancientincrustations,whileoccasionalareashadanuncannyairofnewlysweptimmaculateness. Ofcourse,whereriftsorcollapseshadoccurred,thelowerlevelswereaslitteredastheupperones. 

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