She had been glad, really, that the group of them were inclined to be cautious before making decisions of any kind - as with the sphinx, so here in the casino - but the rumbling sound from the uppermost path threw caution rather to the wind.
"It does," Carmelina piped up as they started off down the middle passage, although she wasn't sure if any part of that was just the blood thrumming ever louder in her ears and not whatever it was coming down the other path. It almost sounded like an avalanche, a rockfall; they could only hope it was not a booby-trap, ready to seal away the entrance. At that thought, perhaps for the first time all day, she might admit there was something of a tremor in her tone. "Do let's hurry."
"It does," Carmelina piped up as they started off down the middle passage, although she wasn't sure if any part of that was just the blood thrumming ever louder in her ears and not whatever it was coming down the other path. It almost sounded like an avalanche, a rockfall; they could only hope it was not a booby-trap, ready to seal away the entrance. At that thought, perhaps for the first time all day, she might admit there was something of a tremor in her tone. "Do let's hurry."
