The boat swung into the curve,
banged against...
The boat swung into the curve,
banged against the wall, straightened itself, and
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sped on"Hand me a candle, too," she said
Doon gave Lina the candle he was holding and lit
anotherThey found places to wedge all three candles
into the frame of the boat, so they could keep their
hands freeFor a while they rushed along almost
silently, the river having become nearly as smooth as a
sheet of glass
Then suddenly the current slowed even more,
and the tunnel opened out"WeVe come into a room,"
said LinaFar overhead arched a vaulted ceilingColumns of rock hung down from it, and columns of
rock rose from the water, too, making long shadows
that turned and mingled as the boat floated dior rasta among
themThey glimmered in the candlelight, pink and
pale green and silverTheir strange lumpy shapes
looked like something soft that had frozen--like
towers of mashed potatoes, Lina thought, that had
hardened to stone
Now and then the boat bumped into one of these
columns, and they found that they could use a paddle
to knock themselves free againIn this way they
crossed the room to the other side, where again the
passage narrowed and the current ran fasterIt was as if the boat were being pulled
forward by a powerful handThe water grew rough
again, and splashes of spray put out their candlesLina
and Doon huddled in the bottom of the boat with
Poppy between them, their arms clasped around her
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They louis vuitton pink clenched their teeth and squeezed their eyes shut,
and soon there was nothing in their minds but the roll
and plunge of the boat and nothing in their bodies
but the effort not to be thrown outOnce, the sound
of the river rose to a crashing, and the front of the
boat tipped downward, and they were pitched about so
violently that it seemed they were tumbling down
stairs--but that lasted only a few seconds, and then
they were streaming onward as before
Lina lost track of timeBut a while later, maybe
a few minutes, maybe an hour, the current slowedThe candles they'd stuck in the boat had been knocked
overboard, so Doon lit new onesThey saw that they
had come to another poolThere were no lumpy
columns of rock chanel jewelry necklace here
