Both lads stopped and stood beside their wheels, uttering exclamations of satisfaction.
“Is that it, Frank?” asked Harry.
“It may be one of the entrances to the old cave of the counterfeiters,” answered Merry. “That cave has several mouths. This is not the one I saw, but——”
“It is a cave, and it may be the one we are searching for. Come on!”
“What are you going to do?”
“Go in.”
“We can’t go in without torches.”
“That’s right—dead right! Was so excited I didn’t think of that. But—hooray!—we have found it!”
“Don’t be so sure yet. We’ll go up and look in.”
They approached the mouth of the cave.