![]() Follow me keep your spear ready not a sound, if you love her." "They have fired the column-you remember. 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. There was no longer any doubt of it: we were on our way to the great cavern. I felt within me the strength and resolve of ten men, and I knew then that there was something I must do and would do before I died, though a thousand devils stood in my way. And then, glancing at him and following the direction of his gaze, I saw Desiree.īut not for an instant did we hesitate we flew rather than ran. She was standing on the top of the lofty column in the center of the lake.Īll this I saw in a flash, when suddenly Harry's fingers sank into the flesh of my arm with such force that I all but cried out in actual pain. Finally they, too, ceased to appear the corridor was deserted. Their number swelled to a continuous stream, which in turn gradually became thinner and thinner until only a few stragglers were seen trotting behind. There we stood, motionless and scarcely breathing, while group after group of the savages passed in the corridor ahead. We crept silently to the corner, avoiding the circle of light as far as possible, and, crouching side by side on the rock, looked out together on a scene none the less striking because we had seen it twice before. As with one impulse we took it, turning to the left, and then flattened ourselves back against the wall as we saw a group of Incas passing at its farther end, some two hundred yards away. The flames in the massive urns mounted in steady tongues, casting their blinding glare in every direction.Ī short distance ahead we came to another passage, crossing at right angles, broad and straight, and somehow familiar. And there before us was the entrance to the tunnel.Īs before, the stone seats which surrounded the amphitheater on every side were filled with the Incas, crouching motionless and silent. The next instant we were dashing headlong down the steps, avoiding a fall by I know not what miracle. How my heart leaped then Harry uttered a hoarse cry of exultation. ![]()
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