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They marched down a wide avenue in almost total dark-
ness, the only light coming from small wall torches, and
shed by fires in hearths and cookstoves glowing in the build-
ings. Flint had no trouble seeing in the dark, and he sus-
pected that the derro were even more at home in it than he
was. This city was as large as any Flint had ever been in, and
it was only one of many! For the first time Flint began to
grasp the enormity of the mountain dwarf kingdom.
Finally they turned off the avenue into what looked like a
side street. A clanking of metal suddenly drew Flint's eyes
upward in alarm, fresh with the memory of the cage that
had snared him earlier. The noise did come from a cage of
sorts, but this one was an enclosure of metal bars suspended
from a heavy chain. With a crash the contraption settled
into a square frame of metal that stood before them. The
frawl stepped forward and opened the cage.
"What's this?" growled Flint. "An underground cell isn't
good enough?" A derro prodded him forward sharply while
the captain looked at him in surprise. "It's a lift. You really
are a barbarian, aren't you? Step in
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