For some little while we needed no light, but soon the guide lighted and gave to each of us a little lamp.

Mat took the lead, I came next, Miss S.followed, and an old slave brought up in the rear.
"I confess that I shuddered as I came into the darkness.

Our lamps, of course, gave but feeble light; we barely saw at first where our feet must step.
"I looked up, trying in vain to find the ceiling or the walls.

All was darkness.

In about an hour we saw more clearly.