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| 18 | 102 | View more quotes about turning">Turning it, I closed the great gate behind me, thinking it wise to protect the secret of the tunnel as long as possible. |
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| 18 | 99 | An enormous slab, perhaps fifty feet square, had slid upward and backward, revealing a great, dim, squarish tunnel beyond, a tunnel large enough for a flying tarn. |
| 18 | 100 | I seized the tarn reins and drew the beast into the opening. |
| 18 | 101 | Inside the door I saw another valve, corresponding to the one hidden under the water of the cistern. |
| 18 | 102 | Turning it, I closed the great gate behind me, thinking it wise to protect the secret of the tunnel as long as possible. |
| 18 | 103 | Inside, the tunnel, though dim, was not altogether dark, being lit by domelike, wire-protected energy bulbs, spaced in pairs every hundred yards or so. |
| 18 | 104 | These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the Caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement. |
| 18 | 105 | I mounted the tarn, who was visibly uneasy in this strange environment. |