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Roddy was for at once dashing down the stone steps and exploring the tunnel, but McKildrick held him back.
"You couldn't live for a moment," he protested, "and it may be days before we can enter. " In proof of what he said, he lit one wax match after another, and as he passed each over the mouth of the tunnel Roddy saw the flame sicken and die.