"What happened?" she asked. "Where are we?"

"We are at the end of the corridor," I replied, "and daylight is

coming in from the outside world just ahead. We are saved, Ajor!"

She sat up then and looked about, and then, quite womanlike, she

burst into tears. It was the reaction, of course; and then too,

she was very weak. I took her in my arms and quieted her as best

I could, and finally, with my help, she got to her feet; for she,

as well as I, had found some slight recuperation in sleep. Together

we staggered upward toward the light, and at the first turn we

saw an opening a few yards ahead of us and a leaden sky beyond--a

leaden sky from which was falling a drizzling rain, the author of

our little, trickling stream which had given us drink when we were

most in need of it.

The cave had been damp and cold; but as we crawled through the aperture,

the muggy warmth of the Caspakian air caressed and confronted us;

even the rain was warmer than the atmosphere of those dark corridors.

We had water now, and warmth, and I was sure that Caspak would

soon offer us meat or fruit; but as we came to where we could look

about, we saw that we were upon the summit of the cliffs, where

there seemed little reason to expect game. However, there were

trees, and among them we soon descried edible fruits with which we

broke our long fast.

Chapter 4

We spent two days upon the cliff-top, resting and recuperating.

There was some small game which gave us meat, and the little pools

of rainwater were sufficient to quench our thirst. The sun came

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