19/41 It was only fair that I should do so. Then he said: "The prince is dead, and maybe that he lies there will end the curse. Come, we will see." A few paces more, and suddenly the hillside seemed to open in a ragged cleft that made another branching valley into the heart of the left-hand hillside, so deep that it seemed rather to sink downward from the mouth than to rise as a valley ever will. In all truth, none would ever have found that place unless he sought for it with a guide. I had not guessed that we were so near its entrance. |