From underneath her feet there came a low, faint, ceaseless murmur.
"Quick," said the doctor.

He pushed her in front of him, and she almost fell down a flight of mud-covered steps that led into the earth.

She found herself in a long, low gallery, lighted by a dim oil lamp, suspended from the blackened roof.

A shelf ran along one side of it, covered with straw.

Three men lay there.