The light grew stronger; and as they went on, now illumined by it, and again enveloped in pitchy shadow, they suggested a picture by Gerard Dow.
The warrior's fresh, handsome countenance, overflowing with health and youth, presented a strong contrast to the pale, emaciated face of his companion.

The passage grew a little higher, so that Andrii could hold himself erect.

He gazed with curiosity at the earthen walls.

Here and there, as in the catacombs at Kief, were niches in the walls; and in some places coffins were standing.

Sometimes they came across human bones which had become softened with the dampness and were crumbling into dust.