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Chapter 56

           Thestoneswere,onasecondexamination,suspiciouslythickaroundthestump.AndassoonasIactuallystoodonthebarepatchIrealizedsomethingelse.Thestonesdidnotbudgeundermyfeet;theywerecementedin.Juliecamedownthroughthelowundergrowthtobesideme.Pointed.Beyondthestumpwasastoneafootorsolong,seeminglyembeddedinthegroundorconcreted,liketherest.Butitwasloose,thoughdifficulttolifttillImoveditsideways.Underneathwasahingedironring,lyingflatinarecess.GraduallyIcouldmakeouttheoutlineofatrapdoor.Itwasveryirregular;andthetreestumphadbeencementedintothemiddleofit."I’llshowyou."Shestoopedtogripthering."Waitaminute.Itmustbeasheavyashell.""It’scounterbalanced."Shestrainedforamomentandthenswiftlyawholejaggedsectionofthegroundroseintheair.Ilookeddown.Anovalholeaboutayardinwidestdiameter,descendingvertically,likeahugepipe;anironladderagainstthewall.Fromtheinsideofthedoorhungtwowirecablesendinginwhatlookedlikeleadweightsfourorfivefeetdownthepipethecounterbalance.Ilookedatthedooragain.Itwasflangedwithrockssocementedthatfromabovetheybrokethelineoftheedge."Whatonearth…"Shesmiled."TheGermans.Inthewar."Ihitmyhead.Ofcourse.Agunemplacement.Conchiswouldsimplyhaveconcealedtheentrance;blockedoffthefrontslits."Whataboutthestoneoverthering?"Sheshowedme.Ittoohadahookthatkeptitinplace.

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