A little later he disclosed the mystery of the wide-mouthed cave. Holding me by the hand he led me inside.
These were the drinking-places of the Folk that lived in the caves.
Suddenly a low but distinct moaning sound issued from the recesses of the
cave behind me, and, as it reached the ears of the Indians, they turned and fled in terror, panic-stricken.
When Woola had left us Thuvan Dihn and I, hiding in the seventh
cave, discussed and discarded many plans for crossing the eighth chamber.
It is true that the beast who owned them might be standing upon a ledge within the
cave, or that it might be rearing up upon its hind legs; but I had seen enough of the monsters of Pellucidar to know that I might be facing some new and frightful Titan whose dimensions and ferocity eclipsed those of any I had seen before.
Three days and nights of toil and hunger in the
cave were not to be shaken off at once, as Tom and Becky soon discovered.
Gr-gr-gr was standing beside me when the last of the
cave men disappeared in rapid flight down the valley.
They led me toward the cliffs, and as we approached them, I glanced up and was sure that I saw Ajor's bright eyes peering down upon us from our lofty
cave; but she gave no sign if she saw me; and we passed on, rounded the end of the cliffs and proceeded along the opposite face of them until we came to a section literally honeycombed with
caves.
As he drew nearer, he discerned the black mouth of the
cave. Now--is that a white figure?
In the wall of rock is a
cave, and in the
cave you will find the bones of a man.
"How about the Indians in the
cave?" Summerlee objected.
When however he had thereby come to the door of his
cave, lo, then had he again a longing for the good air outside, and for his animals, --and wished to steal out.