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And we thought: "This is a foul place. They are damned who touch the things of the Unmentionable Times." AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS A FOUL PLACE THEY ARE DAMNED WHO TOUCH THE THINGS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES
. No men known to us could have built this place, nor the men known to our brothers who lived before us, and yet it was built by men. It was a great tunnel. Its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. On the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. We knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. But there was an unbroken night ahead. Only the iron tracks glowed through it, straight and white, calling us to follow. But we could not follow, for we were losing the puddle of light behind us. So we turned and we crawled back, our hand on the iron line. And our heart beat in our fingertips, without reason. And then we knew. We knew suddenly that this place was left from the Unmentionable Times. So it was true, and those Times had been, and all the wonders of those Times. Hundreds upon hundreds of years ago men knew secrets which we have lost. COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW NO MAN KNOWN TO US COULD HAVE BUILT THIS PLACE NOR THE MEN KNOWN TO OUR BROTHERS WHO LIVED BEFORE US AND YET IT WAS BUILT BY MEN IT WAS A GREAT TUNNEL ITS WALLS WERE HARD AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH IT FELT LIKE STONE BUT IT WASN'T STONE ON THE GROUND THERE WERE LONG THIN TRACKS OF IRON BUT IT WAS NOT IRON IT FELT SMOOTH AND COLD AS GLASS WE KNELT AND WE CRAWLED FORWARD OUR HANDS GROPING ALONG THE IRON LINE TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD LEAD BUT THERE WAS AN UNBROKEN NIGHT AHEAD ONLY THE IRON TRACKS GLOWED THROUGH IT STRAIGHT AND WHITE CALLING US TO FOLLOW BUT WE COULD NOT FOLLOW FOR WE WERE LOSING THE PUDDLE OF LIGHT BEHIND US SO WE TURNED AND WE CRAWLED BACK OUR HAND ON THE IRON LINE AND OUR HEART BEAT IN OUR FINGER TIPS WITHOUT REASON AND THEN WE KNEW WE KNEW SUDDENLY THAT THIS PLACE WAS LEFT FROM THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES SO IT WAS TRUE AND THOSE TIMES HAD BEEN AND ALL THE WONDERS OF THOSE TIMES HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO MEN KNEW SECRETS WHICH WE HAVE LOST
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