CHAPTER XXI

A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AND WHAT CAME OF IT As I learned from Marjorie later, the slit extended for only a few feet. Then the roof sloped up again. Marjorie found herself in a narrow passage with the fresh breeze blowing on her face. In fact, the draught was so great that the candle went out directly and she had to put on her shoes and grope her way forward in pitch darkness. Her great fear was that the passage might lead to others and that before she knew it, she would be involved in a maze of subterranean gall…