Chapter 18

Returning to the centre of the tunnel, we were again in darkness, but the footsteps led us, and we found that the resistance against which we had fought had ceased to trouble us while we followed the unseen feet. Realizing this, we increased our pace to a run, lest the dividing space should widen, so that we were but ten or fifteen yards behind--our feet making no sounds on the soft flooring--when our unseen guide turned into a chamber on the right-hand side of the passage. Chapter Seven THE LIVING BOOK We stood at…