![]() ![]() It was something indefinable in Desiree's attitude that told me the truth-what, I cannot tell. 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. And then, glancing at him and following the direction of his gaze, I saw Desiree. But so fast did we go that it seemed to me we had left the great cavern scarcely a minute behind us when I suddenly saw the steps of a steep stairway leading down from an opening on our right.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. ![]() I do not know what led us whether a remorseful Providence, who suddenly decided that we had been played with long enough, or the mere animal instinct of direction, or blind luck. Harry opened his lips to speak, but I took the words from his mouth seconds were precious. Back down the passage we ran, halting at its end. "Follow me," I whispered and he must have read the force of my knowledge in my eyes, for he obeyed without a word. Neither Harry nor I spoke our eyes were concentrated on the scene before us, trying to comprehend its meaning. ![]()
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