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I
tried
him
with
some
other
questions
,
but
his
chattering
,
prompt
responses
were
as
often
as
not
quite
at
cross
purposes
with
my
question
.
Some
few
were
appropriate
,
others
quite
parrot-like
.
I
was
so
intent
upon
these
peculiarities
that
I
scarcely
noticed
the
path
we
followed
.
Presently
we
came
to
trees
,
all
charred
and
brown
,
and
so
to
a
bare
place
covered
with
a
yellow-white
incrustation
,
across
which
a
drifting
smoke
,
pungent
in
whiffs
to
nose
and
eyes
,
went
drifting
.
On
our
right
,
over
a
shoulder
of
bare
rock
,
I
saw
the
level
blue
of
the
sea
.
The
path
coiled
down
abruptly
into
a
narrow
ravine
between
two
tumbled
and
knotty
masses
of
blackish
scoria
.
Into
this
we
plunged
.
It
was
extremely
dark
,
this
passage
,
after
the
blinding
sunlight
reflected
from
the
sulphurous
ground
.
Its
walls
grew
steep
,
and
approached
each
other
.
Blotches
of
green
and
crimson
drifted
across
my
eyes
.
My
conductor
stopped
suddenly
.
"
Home
!
"
said
he
,
and
I
stood
in
a
floor
of
a
chasm
that
was
at
first
absolutely
dark
to
me
.
I
heard
some
strange
noises
,
and
thrust
the
knuckles
of
my
left
hand
into
my
eyes
.
I
became
aware
of
a
disagreeable
odor
,
like
that
of
a
monkey
's
cage
ill-cleaned
.
Beyond
,
the
rock
opened
again
upon
a
gradual
slope
of
sunlit
greenery
,
and
on
either
hand
the
light
smote
down
through
narrow
ways
into
the
central
gloom
.
Then
something
cold
touched
my
hand
.
I
started
violently
,
and
saw
close
to
me
a
dim
pinkish
thing
,
looking
more
like
a
flayed
child
than
anything
else
in
the
world
.
The
creature
had
exactly
the
mild
but
repulsive
features
of
a
sloth
,
the
same
low
forehead
and
slow
gestures
.
As
the
first
shock
of
the
change
of
light
passed
,
I
saw
about
me
more
distinctly
.
The
little
sloth-like
creature
was
standing
and
staring
at
me
.
My
conductor
had
vanished
.
The
place
was
a
narrow
passage
between
high
walls
of
lava
,
a
crack
in
the
knotted
rock
,
and
on
either
side
interwoven
heaps
of
sea-mat
,
palm-fans
,
and
reeds
leaning
against
the
rock
formed
rough
and
impenetrably
dark
dens
.
The
winding
way
up
the
ravine
between
these
was
scarcely
three
yards
wide
,
and
was
disfigured
by
lumps
of
decaying
fruit-pulp
and
other
refuse
,
which
accounted
for
the
disagreeable
stench
of
the
place
.
The
little
pink
sloth-creature
was
still
blinking
at
me
when
my
Ape-man
reappeared
at
the
aperture
of
the
nearest
of
these
dens
,
and
beckoned
me
in
.
As
he
did
so
a
slouching
monster
wriggled
out
of
one
of
the
places
,
further
up
this
strange
street
,
and
stood
up
in
featureless
silhouette
against
the
bright
green
beyond
,
staring
at
me
.
I
hesitated
,
having
half
a
mind
to
bolt
the
way
I
had
come
;
and
then
,
determined
to
go
through
with
the
adventure
,
I
gripped
my
nailed
stick
about
the
middle
and
crawled
into
the
little
evil-smelling
lean-to
after
my
conductor
.
It
was
a
semi-circular
space
,
shaped
like
the
half
of
a
bee-hive
;
and
against
the
rocky
wall
that
formed
the
inner
side
of
it
was
a
pile
of
variegated
fruits
,
cocoa-nuts
among
others
.
Some
rough
vessels
of
lava
and
wood
stood
about
the
floor
,
and
one
on
a
rough
stool
.
There
was
no
fire
.
In
the
darkest
corner
of
the
hut
sat
a
shapeless
mass
of
darkness
that
grunted
"
Hey
!
"
as
I
came
in
,
and
my
Ape-man
stood
in
the
dim
light
of
the
doorway
and
held
out
a
split
cocoa-nut
to
me
as
I
crawled
into
the
other
corner
and
squatted
down
.
I
took
it
,
and
began
gnawing
it
,
as
serenely
as
possible
,
in
spite
of
a
certain
trepidation
and
the
nearly
intolerable
closeness
of
the
den
.
The
little
pink
sloth-creature
stood
in
the
aperture
of
the
hut
,
and
something
else
with
a
drab
face
and
bright
eyes
came
staring
over
its
shoulder
.
"
Hey
!
"
came
out
of
the
lump
of
mystery
opposite
.
"
It
is
a
man
.
"
"
It
is
a
man
,
"
gabbled
my
conductor
,
"
a
man
,
a
man
,
a
five-man
,
like
me
.
"
"
Shut
up
!
"
said
the
voice
from
the
dark
,
and
grunted
.
I
gnawed
my
cocoa-nut
amid
an
impressive
stillness
.
