“No; that’s odd, isn’t it? I wonder if, by any chance, this can be the Temple of the Moon that the professor was anxious to discover.”
“By George! I shouldn’t wonder if you’ve hit on the explanation, Nat.”
“Do you think so?”
“I do.”
“Well, let’s carry on our investigations.”
“By all means. We may be on the verge of a great discovery of some sort.”
“I hope we don’t discover any more snakes.”
“Same here. Those beasts get on my nerves.”
“We’ve seen enough of them in the last few days to make you get accustomed to them.”
“That is true; but just the same, the more I see of them the less I like them. These ruins all seem to be alive with them.”