"I told you, not long ago, that you would have, a bed to-night: follow me, and I will lead you to a crypt of nature's own making, which, was not known to mortal man three months ago, and which is now known only to those whose interest it is to keep the knowledge of it silent as the grave." They then proceeded, and soon came to a gap or opening on the left-hand side of the road through which they passed, the priest leading.

Next they found themselves in a wild gully or ravine that was both deep and narrow.

This they crossed, and arrived at a ledge of precipitous rocks, most of which were overhung to the very ground with long luxuriant heather.

The priest went along this until he came to one particular spot, when he stooped, and observed a particular round stone bedded naturally in the earth.
"God-blessed be his name--has made nothing in vain," he whispered; "I must go foremost, but do as I do." He then raised up the long heath, and entered a low, narrow fissure in the rocks, Reilly following him closely.

The entrance was indeed so narrow that it was capable of admitting but one man at a time, and even that by his working himself in upon his knees and elbows.