As Herold said:
"One thing or the other is true; either there is something
downstairs which has escaped you, Fenton, or else Avec is able to
materialise in any place he chooses. Let's look!"
We all went down except Charlotte, who went upstairs to stay with
Ariadne. By turns, each of us held the ring. And as we unlocked
the basement door we noted that the invisible, walking creature
had reached there before us.
Down the steps went those unseen little feet, jumping from one
step to the next just ahead of us all the way. When within three
or four steps of the bottom, the creature made one leap do for
them all.
I had previously run an extension cord down into the basement, and
both compartments could now be lighted by powerful electric lamps.
We gave the place a quick examination.
"What's all this newly turned earth mean?" inquired Sir Henry,
pointing to the result of Jerome's efforts a few months before.
And I explained how he and Harry, on the chance the basement might
contain some clue as to the localisation of the Blind Spot, had
dug without result in the bluish clay.
Sir Henry picked up the spade, which had never been moved from
where Jerome had dropped it. And while I went on to tell about the
pool of liquids, which for some unknown reason had not seeped into
the soil since forming there, the Englishman proceeded to dig
vigorously into the heap I had mentioned.
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