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..BY CLIMBING AN ALMOST VERTICAL CHIMNEY
YOU ARRIVE IN A SMALL CHAMBER....YOU DE
CEND QUICKLY UNTIL YOU ARE HALTED BY A L
AVA FLOW WHICH BLOCKS YOUR PATH....A SME
LL OF BURNING, ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE HE
AT WARNS YOU OF THE PRESENCE OF AN ENORM
OUS FIELD OF MOLTEN MAGMA WHICH PREVENTS
YOU CONTINUING....A DOWNWARDS-SLOPING G
ALLERY WITH YELLOWISH WALLS GIVING OFF A
STRONG SMELL BRINGS YOU QUICKLY INTO TH
E MIDST OF SULPHUROUS GAS CLOUDS....AS Y
OU PROGRESS, YOU FEEL YOURSELF GETTING W
EAKER. SUDDENLY YOU NOTICE CLOUDS OF GAS
, YOU HAVE TROUBLE SEEING STRAIGHT....TH
E CHIMNEY WHICH YOU ARE DESCENDING IS FI
NALLY BLOCKED BY A ROCKFALL; IT IS A DEA
D END....THIS DESCENDING GALLERY CROSSES
A TUNNEL IN WHICH THERE IS A PIECE OF W
OOD WITH ONE CHARRED END, IT MUST HAVE B
EEN A TORCH....ALONG THE TUNNEL, YOU FIN
D A SILVER-PLATED PENDANT CONTAINING A W
OMAN'S PORTRAIT AND AN ENGRAVED NAME: GR
AUBEN....THE GALLERY WIDENS AND FINALLY
OPENS OUT INTO A LARGE CHAMBER COVERED W
ITH SPARKLING ROCK CRYSTAL. YOU THEN NOT
ICE A RED DAGGER WITH THE INITIALS A.S.
....YOU ARE MOVING ALONG A GALLERY WHEN
YOU COME ACROSS AN OLD SHOE WITH NO SOLE
OR LACES.....YOU HAVE GIVEN YOURSELF A
NICE BUMP.....IT'S A PAINFUL SPRAIN.....
IT'S A CLEAN CUT, BUT IT WOULD BE WISE T
O DISINFECT IT.....IT'S ONLY A LIGHT BUR
N, BUT IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.....IT'S A
BITE, AND THAT ALWAYS MEANS INFECTION..
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