I followed, and found myself in a rough cavern, dark and forbidding.
Traversing this we came to an inner doorway, closed with a heavy mat.
This she raised, and passed through, while I went in after her.
I found myself in a vast cavern, full of dim, sparkling lights, which served not to illuminate it, but merely to indicate its enormous extent.

Far above rose the vaulted roof, to a height of apparently a hundred feet.

Under this there was a lofty half-pyramid with stone steps.

All around, as far as I could see in the obscure light, there were niches in the walls, each one containing a figure with a light burning at its feet.

I took them for statues.