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In the middle of the chamber a little hideous crone in a Mother Hubbard crouched over a saucepan, stirring it with a wooden spoon. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAMBER A LITTLE HIDEOUS CRONE IN A MOTHER HUBBARD CROUCH OVER A SAUCEPAN STIRRING IT WITH A WOODEN SPOON
f rocks. The Phoenix plunged in, and David nervously followed. The cave turned out to be a long passageway which led, after several turns, into a chamber. From the ceiling of this rocky vault hung an electric light bulb, which glared feebly through drifts of smoke. All around the walls were wooden boxes, stacked up to make shelves and cupboards. These were filled with an astonishing array of objects: bottles, vials, alembics, retorts, test tubes, decanters, cages, boxes, jars, pots, skulls, books, snake skins, wands, waxen images, pins and needles, locks of hair, crystal balls, playing cards, dice, witch-hazel forks, tails of animals, spices, bottles of ink in several colors, clay pipes, a small brass scale, compasses, measuring cups, a piggy bank which squealed off and on in a peevish way, balls of string and ribbons, a pile of magazines called _The Warlock Weekly_, a broken ukulele, little heaps of powder, colored stones, candle ends, some potted cacti, and an enormous cash register. L THEY CAME TO THE MOUTH OF A CAVE UNDER A HEAP OF ROCKS THE PHOENIX PLUNGED IN AND DAVID NERVOUSLY FOLLOWED THE CAVE TURNED OUT TO BE A LONG PASSAGEWAY THAT LED AFTER SEVERAL TURNS INTO A CHAMBER FROM THE CEILING OF THIS ROCKY VAULT HUNG AN ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB WHICH GLARED FEEBLY THROUGH DRIFTS OF SMOKE ALL AROUND THE WALLS WERE WOODEN BOXES STACKED UP TO MAKE SHELVES AND CUPBOARDS THESE WERE FILLED WITH AN ASTONISHING ARRAY OF OBJECTS BOTTLES VIALS ALEM BOOKS RETORTS TEST TUBES DECANTERS CAGES BOXES JARS POTS SKULLS BOOKS SNAKESKINS WANDS WAXEN IMAGES PINS AND NEEDLES LOCKS OF HAIR CRYSTAL BALLS PLAYING CARDS DICE WITCH HAZEL FORKS TALES OF ANIMALS SPICES BOTTLES OF INK IN SEVERAL COLORS CLAY PIPES SMALL BRASS SCALE COMPASSES MEASURING CUPS A PIGGY BANK WHICH SQUEALED OFF AND ON IN A PEEVISH WAY BALLS OF STRING AND RIBBONS A PILE OF MAGAZINES CALLED THE WAR LOCK WEEKLY A BROKEN EUCALELI LITTLE HEAPS OF POWDER COLOURED STONES CANDLE ENDS SOME POTTED CACTI AND AN ENORMOUS CASH REGISTER
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