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www.192.twtonehadservedasasandpebbles
hadbeeedaroundit,soastoheorifice;thisspecies
ofsonryhadbeenveredhearth,andgrassandweedshadgrown
there,sshadyrtlebusheshadtakenroot,and
theoldrockseedfixedtotheearth.
dantesdugaheearthcarefully,aed,orfanciedhe
detected,theingeniousartifice.heattackedthisehe
handofti,inuteslaborthewallgave
es
andcutthestroolivetreeheuldfind,strippedoffits
branches,ieditinthehole,aasalever.buttherock
lyovedbyanyonen,were
heherculeshielf.dantessaustattackthe
hohiseyesaround,andsahehofullofpoh
hisfriendjapohadlefthihesled;theinfealiionwould
servehiorthispurpose.htheaidofhispickaxe,dantes,after
thennerofalaborsavingpiaheupperrock
asupportedit,filleditadeatch
byrollinghishandkerchiefinsaltpetre.helighteditaired.the
explosionsoonfolloitsbasebythe
terrificforceofthepoheloopieces;thousands
ofinseed,and
ahugesnake,liketheguardiahetreasure,rolledhielf
alongindarkeningils,anddisappeared.
dantesapproachedtheupperrock,houtanysupport,leaned
tohesea.theireasureseeker,and,
seleostsusceptibletoattack,
placedhisleverihecrevices,andstrainedeveryo
vethess.therock,alreadyshakenbytheexplosion,tottered
onitsbase.dantesredoubledhisefforts;heseedlikeohe
aitans,ountainstainstthefather
ofthegods.theropointtopoint,
andfinallydisappearedintheo.
oithadoccupiedircularspace,exposinganir
letintoasquareflagstone.daeredacryofjoyandsurprise;
neverhadafirstattetbeencrooreperfectsuccess.he
bled,andhisheartbeat
soviolently,andhissightbe,thatheopause.
thisfeelinglastedbutforant.edndiedhisleverinthe
ringaedallhisstrength;theflagstoneyielded,anddisclosed
stepsthatdesdeduntiltheyintheobscurityofa
subterraneousgrotto.anyoneelsehacryof
joy.dauedpale,hesitated,andreflected.”e,”saidheto
hielf,”bean.iaust
dohedisverythatihavebeendeceived.,then,wouldbe
theuseofallihavesufferedtheheartbreakserhavingbeen
elatedbyflatteringhopes,itseesallitsillusioroyed.faria
hasdreadthis;thecardinalspadaburiednotreasurehere;perhapshe
nevercahere,orifhedid,caesarbia,theintrepidadventurer,
thestealthyandiigableplunderer,hasfollo,disvered
histraces,pursuedthesihavedone,raisedthestone,and
dese,hasleftnothing.”hereiionlessand
pensive,hiseyesfixedontheglooaperturethathis
feet.
”nohatiexpeothing,nohatinoloertaintheslightest
hopes,theendofthisadventurebeessilyatterofcuriosity.”
andhereinedagaintionlessandthoughtful.
”yes,yes;thisisaurehyaplathevariedcareerof
thatroyalbandit.thisfabulouseventfordbutalinkinalong
ofrvels.yes,biahasbeeoronehand,aswordin
theother,andhintypaces,atthefootofthisrock,perhaps
tasterdesded,as
iabouttodesd,dispellingthedarknessbeforehisaweinspiring
progress.”
”buthefateoftheguardshuspossessedhissecret”
askeddantesofhielf.
”thefate,”repliedhe,sling,”ofthose.”
”yet,hadhee,”thoughtdantes,”hehetreasure,
andbia,hepareditalytoanartichoke,hheulddevour
leafbyleaf,koeitinreplag
thisrock.iwillgodown.”
thenhedesurringthatlastwordof
hunphilosophy,”perhaps”butinsteadofthedarkness,ahick
andphiticatspherehehadexpectedtofind,dantessaand
bluishlight,erelybythe
aperturehehadjustford,butbytheiidcrevicesof
therockhout,andthroughhheuld
distinguishtheblueskyandtheheevergreenoaks,
aendrilsofthecreepersthatgretherocks.afterhaving
stoodafeihecave,theatsphereofher
thanda,danteseye,habituatedasitodarkness,uld
pierotestahecave,e
thatsparkledlikediands.”alas,”saidednd,sling,”theseare
thetreasuresthecardinalhasleft;andthegoodabbe,seeingina
dreaheseglitteringioushopes.”
buthecalledtondthehe.”in
thefarthestahesendopening,”saidthecardinalswill.he
hadonlyfoundthefirstgrotto;hehadhesend.
dainuedhissearust
peratedeeperintotheisland;heexahestones,andsounded
ooftheaskedfor
preonthadullsound
thatdreofdantesforeheadlargedropsofperspiration.atlast
itseedtohihatooftheorehollowand
deeperecho;heeagerlyadvanced,andhthequiessofperception
thataprisonerpossesses,sahatthere,inall
probability,theopeningstbe.
hoe;and,in
ordertoavoidfruitlesstoil,hesoundedalltheotherhhis
pickaxe,strucktheearthhthebuttofhisgun,andfindingnothing
thatappearedsuspicious,retuedtothatpartofthee
issuedthensolingsoundhehadbeforeheard.heagainstruckit,and
hgreaterforce.thenasingularthingoccurred.ashestruckthe
ilarto
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