"You can tell me all about it when we get out, then. There's no time to
lose now," said Curdie.
And Irene went to work, as fresh as when she began.
"There's such a lot of stones!" she said. "It will take me a long time
to get them all away."
"How far on have you got?" asked Curdie.
"I've got about the half way, but the other half is ever so much
bigger."
"I don't think you will have to move the lower half. Do you see a slab
laid up against the wall?"
Irene looked and felt about with her hands, and soon perceived the
outlines of the slab.
"Yes," she answered, "I do."
"Then, I think," rejoined Curdie, "when you have cleared the slab about
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