"They have fired the column-you remember. It was necessary to half encircle the cavern, and the passages were so often crossed by other passages that many times we had to guess at the proper road. For a moment I hesitated, asking myself for what purpose we hastened on thus into the very arms of our enemies then, propelled by instinct or premonition-I know not what-I took a firmer grasp on my spear and followed Harry without word, throwing caution to the winds.Īs I have said, we had entered the great cavern at a point almost directly opposite the alcove, and therefore at a distance from the entrance we sought. There was no longer any doubt of it: we were on our way to the great cavern. It was the same sound we had heard twice before a sound as of a great, deep-toned bell ringing sonorously throughout the passages and caverns with a roar that was deafening. The flames in the massive urns mounted in steady tongues, casting their blinding glare in every direction. She was standing on the top of the lofty column in the center of the lake.Īs before, the stone seats which surrounded the amphitheater on every side were filled with the Incas, crouching motionless and silent. I do not know what we expected to find, and the Lord knows what we intended to do after we found it. The echoes of the bell were still floating from wall to wall as we went rapidly forward. "It came from the left," said Harry but I disagreed with him and was so sure of myself that we started off to the right.
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