CAPÍTULO 12
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IN THEIR HASTY RETREAT into the depths of the mountain they soon exceeded the extent to which Marcelo and Francisco had arrived in the previous tour.
“ From now on we do not know what the right path is” warned Francisco “the course can lead to a dead end and we would waste our time retracing our steps.”
“ Over here ... air” cried Huacman in his shorthand vocabulary.
“ True, in this branch blows a mild airflow” added Marcelo. “ it may indicate that there is some sort of exit ahead.”
Without hesitation Huacman dove into the elected tunnel followed by the others. The path widened and narrowed in sections, according to hard rock intrusions that the waters had not been able to dissolve in their way for millennia. Progress was rapid in their haste to put dista
