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Ignosi’s Farewell

           Also,onthedaybeforewestartedbacktoLoo,wemadeafurtherexaminationofthewondersofthestalactitecave,and,drawnbyakindofrestlessfeeling,evenpenetratedoncemoreintotheChamberoftheDead. PassingbeneaththespearoftheWhiteDeathwegazed,withsensationswhichitwouldbequiteimpossibleformetodescribe,atthemassofrockthathadshutusofffromescape, thinkingthewhileofpricelesstreasuresbeyond,ofthemysteriousoldhagwhoseflattenedfragmentslaycrushedbeneathit,andofthefairgirlofwhosetombitwastheportal. Isaygazedatthe"rock,"for,examineaswecould,wecouldfindnotracesofthejoinoftheslidingdoor;nor,indeed,couldwehituponthesecret,nowutterlylost,thatworkedit,thoughwetriedforanhourormore. Itiscertainlyamarvellousbitofmechanism,characteristic,initsmassiveandyetinscrutablesimplicity,oftheagewhichproducedit; andIdoubtiftheworldhassuchanothertoshow. 

           Atlastwegaveitupindisgust; though,ifthemasshadsuddenlyrisenbeforeoureyes,IdoubtifweshouldhavescrewedupcouragetostepoverGagool’smangledremains,andoncemoreenterthetreasurechamber, eveninthesureandcertainhopeofunlimiteddiamonds. AndyetIcouldhavecriedattheideaofleavingallthattreasure,thebiggesttreasureprobablythatintheworld’shistoryhaseverbeenaccumulatedinonespot. Buttherewasnohelpforit. Onlydynamitecouldforceitswaythroughfivefeetofsolidrock. 

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