But I and these strangers have no such fears.

Therefore give us a gourd of oil and some torches and bide where you are till we return, setting a lamp in the hole in the wall to guide us in case our own should become extinguished.

No, do not reason but obey.

There is no danger, for though hot, the air within is pure, as I know who have breathed it more than once." Then she gave her hand to Oliver, and with his assistance crept through the hole.

We followed, to find ourselves in another cavern, where, as she had said, the temperature was much hotter than that without.
"What is this place ?" asked Orme in a low voice, for its aspect seemed to awe him.
"The tomb of the old kings of Mur," she replied.