CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The difference between the tunnel and the forest was obvious as soon as they crossed through the threshold. Whereas the forest area was at least partially open, with enough room for the four of them to stand without feeling cramped, the tunnel was too small and cramped, to the point where the Venetians had to walk single file. Treehugger and Arlecchino were in the middle, while Pantalone was in the front and Moretta in the back. Moretta had given her lamp to Pantalone, which made it easier to see what the tunnel looked like and to see where they were going. Even so, the darkness of the tunnel seemed somehow even thicker than the darkness of the forest, with the light from the lamp just barely managing to dispel the shadows, like an old dam holding back a flood.
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