Hylda walked like one who follows a familiar path.
Skirting the excavations which, with their lines of masonry and exposed foundations looked wonderfully like the blitzed area of an industrial town, she made her way to a point where the ruins met the sheer face of rock. Here she disappeared behind a great heap of brushwood and camel-thorn, which, apparently, had once covered the site.
Approaching the spot cautiously Worrals saw that a narrow gap existed between the brushwood and the cliff, so that it was possible to pass behind the dump. Entering the gap, the reason for the dump was at once explained. It served to conceal a low, door-shaped opening in the rock, obviously artificial, similar to the one higher up in the cliff overlooking the runway.
Reconnoitring the opening Worrals found
