GUIDED BY TERESA AND Marcelo, who had better knowledge of the interior of the caves, Lieutenant Marcucci and one of the soldiers had advanced leaving behind the long underground road and were rowing on the underground lake. In one of the previous twists Huacman, whose provenance was a mystery, had joined them and was accepted by Marcucci only after that the young couple had given faith of his loyalty.
“Both of us owe him our lives more than once.” Said Marcelo.
They soon arrived at the site where the expeditioners had opened a gap in the collapsed rocks, and moved through the passage that led to the alleged house of the Inca. Pickaxe work already had almost taken off the door of all the material that accumulated over the centuries, prevented its opening. However, Marcucci said.
“We lea
