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We knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. WE KNELT AND WE CRAWLED FORWARD OUR HANDS GROPING ALONG THE IRON LINE TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD
dden.” And they answered: “Since the Council does not know of this hole, there can be no law permitting to enter it. And everything which is not permitted by law is forbidden.” But we said: “We shall go, none the less.” They were frightened, but they stood by and watched us go. We hung on the iron rings with our hands and our feet. We could see nothing below us. And above us the hole open upon the sky grew smaller and smaller, till it came to be the size of a button. But still we went down. Then our foot touched the ground. We rubbed our eyes, for we could not see. Then our eyes became used to the darkness, but we could not believe what we saw. 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. F THIS HOLE SO IT CANNOT BE FORBIDDEN AND THEY ANSWERED SINCE THE COUNCIL DOES NOT KNOW OF THIS HOLE THERE COULD BE NO LAW PERMITTING TO ENTER IT AND EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED BY LAW IS FORBIDDEN BUT WE SAID WE SHALL GO NONE THE LESS THEY WERE FRIGHTENED BUT THEY STOOD BY AND WATCHED US GO WE HUNG ON THE IRON RINGS WITH OUR HANDS AND OUR FEET WE COULD SEE NOTHING BELOW US AND ABOVE US THE WHOLE OPEN UPON THE SKY GREW SMALLER AND SMALLER TILL IT CAME TO BE THE SIZE OF A BUTTON BUT STILL WE WENT DOWN THEN OUR FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND WE RUBBED OUR EYES FOR WE COULD NOT SEE THEN OUR EYES BECAME USED TO THE DARKNESS AND WE 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
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