He led her to the mine entrance guiding her over the rough ground in utter silence.
They left the daylight behind them, passing almost immediately into semi-darkness.

Some rough steps hewn in the rock led down into a black void before them.
"Are there no lights anywhere ?" said Dot.
"Yes.

There'll be a lamp round the corner.

Straight on down!" said Fletcher.
But for his presence she would hardly have dared it, so great was the horror that this place had inspired within her.

But to wait alone with him in that terrible empty valley was even less endurable.