Chapter 58

“I believe that it once did. The ages bring change. Its end may now be walled up. The chamber to which it leads may have housed a king’s son when these bones were quick; today it may be a barrack-room for soldiers, or a stable for diadets. About all that we know definitely about it,” concluded Komodoflorensal, “is that it has not been used by man for a long time, and probably, therefore, is unknown to present-day Veltopismakusians.” Beyond the chamber of death the tunnel dropped rapidly to lower levels, entering, a…