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Chapter Four - Daylight at Last
Cap'n Bill rubbed his eyes, lit a match and consulted his watch.
"
Nine o'clock. Yes, I guess it's another day, sure enough. Shall we go on?" he
asked.
"
Of course," replied the Ork. "Unless this tunnel is different from everything
else in the world, and has no end, we'll find a way out of it sooner or later."
The sailor gently wakened Trot. She felt much rested by her long sleep and
sprang to her feet eagerly.
"
Let's start, Cap'n," was all she said.
They resumed the journey and had only taken a few steps when the Ork cried
Wow!" and made a great fluttering of its wings and whirling of its tail. The
others, who were following a short distance behind, stopped abruptly.
"
"
What's the matter?" asked Cap'n Bill.
"
Give us a light," was the reply. "I think we've come to the end of the tunnel."
Then, while Cap'n Bill lighted a candle, the creature added: "If that is true, we
needn't have wakened so soon, for we were almost at the end of this place
when we went to sleep."
The sailor-man and Trot came forward with a light. A wall of rock really faced
the tunnel, but now they saw that the opening made a sharp turn to the left.
So they followed on, by a narrower passage, and then made another sharp
turn this time to the right.
"
Blow out the light, Cap'n," said the Ork, in a pleased voice. "We've struck
daylight."
Daylight at last! A shaft of mellow light fell almost at their feet as Trot and the
sailor turned the corner of the passage, but it came from above, and raising
their eyes they found they were at the bottom of a deep, rocky well, with the
top far, far above their heads. And here the passage ended.
For a while they gazed in silence, at least two of them being filled with dismay
at the sight. But the Ork merely whistled softly and said cheerfully:
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