But it was the dark that was most
terrible--going so fast into the darkIf they were going to smash
into a wall or plunge into a bottomless hole, there was
nothing she could do about itAll she could do was
hold tight to PoppyShe did that, for what seemed a
long timeAnd then at last the current slowed, and the boat
stopped thrashing about so wildlyLina managed to sit
up, and she felt Doon moving, tooPoppy's shrieks
turned to whimpersThe darkness was still complete,
but Lina sensed space above and around herWhere
were they? She had to see"Are you all right? Can you find
us a candle?"
"I'll try," Doon saidShe felt him scramble past her
to the back of the boat, and she heard a scrape as he
pulled a
classic chanel handbag box out from its place under the bench"Can't
find the latch!" Doon saidThen a second later, "There,
I've got itThis is the matches, so this one must be
candles More scraping and bangingThe boat
lurched, Lina slid forwardDoon slid, too, and
slammed into her backHe gave a yell of rage
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"Dropped the match! Hold on, I almost had it Long
seconds of scrambling and clatteringThen a light
flared up, and Doon's shadowed face appeared above
itHe touched the match to a candle, and the light
grew steadier
It was only a small flame, but it cast glints of light
on the tunnel walls and the silky surface of the waterThe tunnel had an arched ceiling, Lina saw, like the
tunnels of the Pipeworks, but it
gucci ladies watch was much wider than
those tunnelsThe river ran through it like a moving
road
"Can you light another?" Lina askedDoon
nodded and turned back to the boxes, but once again
the boat struck something, causing a spray of water to
slap into them and put the candle out
It was several minutes before Doon managed to
light it again, and more before he finally had two burning
at onceHe jammed one of them into a space
between the bench and the side of the boat, and he
held the other in his handHis hair was flattened
against his forehead, and drippingHis brown jacket
was torn at the shoulder"That's better," he saidIt was better--not only did they have light to see
by, but the current was slower, and the boat
dolce and gabbana knock off sailed
more smoothlyLina was able to unwrap Poppy from
her neck and look aroundAhead she could see that
the tunnel curvedThe boat swung into the curve,
banged against the wall, straightened itself, and
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sped on"Hand me a candle, too," she said
Doon gave Lina the candle he was holding and lit
anotherThey found places to wedge all three candles
into the frame of the boat, so they could keep their
hands freeFor a while they rushed along almost
silently, the river having become nearly as smooth as a
sheet of glass
Then suddenly the current slowed even more,
and the tunnel opened out"WeVe come into a room,"
said LinaFar overhead arched a vaulted ceilingColumns of rock hung down from
tiffany and co necklace it, and columns of
rock rose from the water, too, making long shadows
that turned and mingled as the boat floated among
themThey glimmered in the candlelight, pink and
pale green and silverTheir strange lumpy shapes
looked like something soft that had frozen--like
towers of mashed potatoes, Lina thought, that had
hardened to stone
Now and then the boat bumped into one of these
columns, and they found that they could use a paddle
to knock themselves free againIn this way they
crossed the room to the other side, where again the
passage narrowed and the current ran fasterIt was as if the boat were being pulled
forward by a powerful handThe water grew rough
again, and splashes of spray put out their
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