Here the buildings were larger, and the sculpture upon the walls more impressive even than before.

The same intense silence, however, hung over everything.

In the narrower streets creepers trailed from side to side, almost shutting out the light, and adding a twilight effect to the already sufficiently mysterious rooms and courtyards to be seen within.
"This is by no means the most cheerful sort of place," said Hayle to Kitwater, as they passed down a paved street side by side.

"Where do you expect to find the great temple and the courtyard of the Three Elephants' Heads ?" "Straight on," said little Codd, who was behind, and had been comparing the route they were following with the plan he held in his hand.
As he spoke they entered another square, and saw before them a mighty flight of steps, worn into grooves in places by the thousands of feet that had ascended and descended them in days gone by.

At the top was a sculptured gateway, finer than anything either of them had ever seen, and this they presently entered.