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..BY CLIMBING A PRACTICALLY VERTICAL CHI
MNEY YOU ARRIVE IN A SMALL CHAMBER..YOU
DESCEND QUICKLY UNTIL YOU ARE HALTED BY
A LAVA FLOW WHICH BLOCKS YOUR PATH..A SM
ELL OF BURNING FIRE, ACCOMPANIED BY INTE
NSE HEAT, WARNS YOU OF THE PRESENCE OF A
N ENORMOUS FIELD OF MOLTEN MAGMA WHICH P
REVENTS YOU FROM CONTINUING..A DOWNWARD
SLOPING GALLERY, WITH YELLOWISH WALLS GI
VING OFF A STRONG SMELL, BRINGS YOU QUIC
KLY INTO THE MIDST OF SULFUROUS CLOUDS..
AS YOU PROGRESS, YOU FEEL YOURSELF GETTI
NG WEAKER. YOU SUDDENLY NOTICE CLOUDS OF
GAS. YOU HAVE TROUBLE SEEING STRAIGHT..
THE CHIMNEY BY WHICH YOU ARE DESCENDING
IS FINALLY BLOCKED BY A ROCKFALL; IT IS
A DEAD END..THIS DESCENDING GALLERY CROS
SES A TUNNEL IN WHICH YOU FIND A PIECE O
F WOOD WITH ONE CHARRED END; IT MUST HAV
E BEEN A TORCH..ALONG THE TUNNEL YOU FIN
D A SILVER-PLATED PENDANT CONTAINING A W
OMAN'S PORTRAIT AND AN ENGRAVED NAME: 'G
RAUBEN'..THE GALLERY WIDENS AND FINALLY
OPENS OUT INTO A LARGE CHAMBER COVERED W
ITH SPARKLING ROCK CRYSTAL. YOU NOTICE A
RED DAGGER WITH THE INITIALS 'A.S.'..YO
U ARE MOVING ALONG A GALLERY WHEN YOU CO
ME ACROSS AN OLD SHOE WITH NO SOLE OR LA
CES...YOU HAVE GIVEN YOURSELF A NICE BUM
P...IT'S A PAINFUL SPRAIN...IT'S A CLEAN
CUT, BUT IT WOULD BE WISE TO DISINFECT
IT...IT'S ONLY A SLIGHT BURN, BUT IT SHO
ULD BE LOOKED AT...IT'S A BITE, AND THAT
ALWAYS LEADS TO AN INFECTION..
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