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The Forbidden Door
gave an exclamation of bitter disappointment.
"This must be where the old king lies," Holloway observed. "Shall we try it now? See here; these stones aren't one-fifth as heavy as those outside. I—by George! Here's one I can move. It might as well be dark as daylight, because we'll have to work with lanterns anyhow. I'll call up Ibraheem."
Ibraheem came, with two men and weapons of attack. The passage was too narrow to admit of more than two working at once; as it was, they were cramped for room and gasped for breath.
But by degrees, each man taking his turn, the door was broken out. Merritt, trimming his lamp afresh, stepped inside.
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