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The passage was really a narrow defile with high walls on either side, impenetrable due to the fact that they were the foundations of the earth above. THE PASSAGE WAS REALLY A NARROW DEFILE WITH HIGH WALLS ON EITHER SIDE IMPENETRABLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH ABOVE
r leading into the trunk. There were eight guards on this platform, but they let us pass without more than a friendly gesture, their scouts having, no doubt, seen us long before and ascertained our identity and intentions. They seemed to have been expecting the return of Wagner's group, though the addition of me they appeared to eye curiously. Wagner led us directly to the door, which opened into a set of circular stairs that wound down the inside of the tree like the insides of an old world lighthouse tower. The stairs descended further than the tree ascended, wrapping around almost infinitely, at least to my wearied senses, which were depleted of vividness by the treacherous toils of the proceeding day. Down, down, down went the stairs, until at length we reached the bottom and found ourselves in a cave, the stairs ending in a small foyer area which opened out into the cave, it being delved into the bedrock layer, indicating that we had indeed passed below the surface on our descent. CENTRE AND THERE WAS A DOOR LEADING INTO THE TRUNK THERE WERE EIGHT GUARDS ON THIS PLATFORM BUT THEY LET US PASS WITHOUT MORE THAN A FRIENDLY GESTURE THEIR SCOUTS HAVING NO DOUBT SEEN US LONG BEFORE AND ASCERTAINED OUR IDENTITY AND INTENTIONS THEY SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THE RETURN OF WAGNER'S GROUP THOUGH THE ADDITION OF ME THERE APPEARED TO EYE CURIOUSLY WAGNER LED US DIRECTLY TO THE DOOR WHICH OPENED INTO A SET OF CIRCULAR STAIRS THAT WOUND DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE TREE LIKE THE INSIDES OF AN OLD WORLD LIGHTHOUSE TOWER THE STAIRS DESCENDED FURTHER THAN THE TREE ASCENDED RAPPING AROUND ALMOST INFINITELY AT LEAST TO MY WEARIED SENSES WHICH WERE DEPLETED OF VIVIDNESS BY THE TREACHEROUS TOILS OF THE PRECEDING DAY DOWN DOWN WENT THE STAIRS UNTIL AT LENGTH WE REACHED THE BOTTOM AND FOUND OURSELVES IN A CAVE THE STAIRS ENDING IN A SMALL FOYER AREA WHICH OPENED OUT INTO THE CAVE IT BEING DELVED INTO THE BED ROCK LAYER INDICATING THAT WE HAD INDEED PASSED BELOW THE SURFACE OF OUR DESCENT
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