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Alarmed, she turned and sprinted to his side. The Papillon snoredquietly. He and Fredericks would have to catch up whenever they found a chance. slowly down thebank, and splashed into the River Alph; only as they approached it did Paul realize that

A shape gradually materialized on the river before them--an extremely odd shape. A campfire burned atthe center of the conical space, the smoke twining upward to the hole at the top where thetentpoles came together. Then, even as they hadalmost reached the door back into the catacombs, two shapes identical to those behind them steppedout of the tunnel and into the pillared room. There is a place, a blackmountain, that reaches to the sky--that covers up the stars.