By H. Rider Haggard, Dennis Butts
H. Rider Haggard truly monitors his splendidly dramatic mind's eye, mixed along with his deep wisdom of Africa, in in King Solomon's Mines, which recounts the adventures of Allan Quartermain, Sir Henry Curtis, and Captain John stable. Written in 1885, the e-book used to be hailed by way of his publishers as ''THE such a lot awesome ebook EVER WRITTEN.''
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The others saw it, too, and the sight proved too much for our shattered nerves. One and all we scrambled out of the cave as fast as our half−frozen limbs would allow. CHAPTER VII−−SOLOMON'S ROAD Outside the cave we halted, feeling rather foolish. "I am going back," said Sir Henry. " asked Good. " This was a new idea, and we reentered the cave to put it to the proof, After the bright light outside our eyes, weak as they were with stating at the snow, could not for a while pierce the gloom of the cave.
Suddenly I heard an exclamation of fear from some one, and turned my head down the cave. And this was what I saw. Sitting at the end of it, for it was not more than twenty feet long, was another form, of which the head rested on the chest and the long arms hung down. I stared at it, and saw that it, too, was a _i_ dead man _i_, and what was more, a white man. The others saw it, too, and the sight proved too much for our shattered nerves. One and all we scrambled out of the cave as fast as our half−frozen limbs would allow.
Not a living thing is to be seen. God help us, I fear our time has come. And now I will drop the journal, partly because it is not very interesting reading, and partly because what follows requires perhaps rather more accurate telling. All that day (the 23d May) we struggled slowly on up the incline of snow, lying down. from time to time to rest. A strange, gaunt crew we must have looked, as, laden as we were, we dragged our weary feet over the dazzling plain, glaring round us with hungry eyes.