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Chapter 10
TheseIdidnotstoptoread,butwentontothemarkedpages.
AssoonasIbegantoreadthese,however,theregrewonmesomesenseofadisturbinginfluence.OnceortwiceIlookedtoseeiftheNursehadmoved,fortherewasafeelingasthoughsomeonewerenearme.NurseKennedysatinherplace,assteadyandalertasever;andIcamebacktomybookagain.
Thenarrativewentontotellhow,afterpassingforseveraldaysthroughthemountainstotheeastofAswan,theexplorercametoacertainplace.HereIgivehisownwords,simplyputtingthetranslationintomodernEnglish:
"Towardeveningwecametotheentranceofanarrow,deepvalley,runningeastandwest.Iwishedtoproceedthroughthis;forthesun,nownearlydownonthehorizon,showedawideopeningbeyondthenarrowingofthecliffs.Butthefellaheenabsolutelyrefusedtoenterthevalleyatsuchatime,allegingthattheymightbecaughtbythenightbeforetheycouldemergefromtheotherend.Atfirsttheywouldgivenoreasonfortheirfear.TheyhadhithertogoneanywhereIwished,andatanytime,withoutdemur.Onbeingpressed,however,theysaidthattheplacewastheValleyoftheSorcerer,wherenonemightcomeinthenight.OnbeingaskedtotelloftheSorcerer,theyrefused,sayingthattherewasnoname,andthattheyknewnothing.Onthenextmorning,however,whenthesunwasupandshiningdownthevalley,theirfearshadsomewhatpassedaway.