"Going to explore—just a little way. The coast's clear."
"Going to explore? Well, then, I do mind waiting here. If you mean exploring, I mean going with you."
"Very well, Harry, we'll explore together."
So the two boys passed together through the passage on the other side of the chamber.
CHAPTER XLVIII
THE BURNING SHIP
The two boys had not gone very far before they came to a pause. It was impossible to see more than a few feet in front of them because of the darkness.
"Let's try to get a light," suggested Paul. "We can get one, I think, in the place we've just come from."
They returned to the chamber. Paul entered the recess from which Zuker had brought the rope and the cushions, and found that it was quite a storehouse; one part of it for provisions, tinned meats, fruits, fish; another for wood, tools, weapons, models; a third, for a curiously mixed wardrobe, which Paul guessed served the purpose of disguise. Here he found a lantern and matches, and thus provided with a light, they resumed their way.