"Yes sir." Dollops was beside him in an instant. Cleek took the first
step carefully, and very slowly descended into the darkness, with Dollops
close behind him. Down and down they went, and on reaching the bottom,
found the place opened out into a sort of roughly-made tunnel, just as
high as a man's head, which ran on straight into the darkness in front of
them.
"Gawd! gives yer the fair creeps, don't it?" muttered Dollops as they
stood in the gloom and tried to take their bearings. "What yer goin' ter
do, sir?"
"Find out where it leads to--if there's time," whispered Cleek rapidly.
"We've got to find out what these human moles are burrowing in the earth
like this for. I'd give a good deal to know. Hear anything?"
"Not a blinkin' sound, sir."
"All right. We'll try the torch, and if any one turns up we'll have to
run for it. Now." He touched the electric button, and a blob of light
danced out upon the rough clay floor, revealing as it swung in Cleek's
swift fingers the whole circumference of the place from ground to
ceiling.
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