CHAPTER IX. 

A STARTLING EVENT. 

It was some days later that Chebron and Amuba again paid a visit to the temple by moonlight. It was well-nigh a month since they had been there; for, save when the moon was up, the darkness and gloom of the courts, lighted only by the lamps of the altars, was so great that the place offered no attractions. Amuba, free from the superstitions which influenced his companion, would have gone with him had he proposed it, although he too felt the influence of the darkness and the dim, weird figures of the gods, seen but faintly by the lights that burned at their feet. But to Chebron, more imaginative and easily affected, there was something absolutely terrible in the gloomy darkness, and nothing would have induced him to wander in the silent courts save when the moon threw her light upon them. 

On entering one of the inner courts they found a massive door in the wall standing ajar. 

"Where does this lead to?" Amuba asked. 

"I do not know. I have never seen it open before. I think it must have been left unclosed by accident. We will see where it leads to." 

Opening it they saw in front of them a flight of stairs in the thickness of the wall. 

"It leads up to the roof," Chebron said in surprise. "I knew not there were any stairs to the roof, for when repairs are needed the workmen mount by ladders." 

"Let us go up, Chebron; it will be curious to look down upon the courts." 
Where was a doorway found?
Was it small?
Was it opened or closed?
Where does it go?
Who realized that?
Did they know at first where it went?
Was it open on purpose or by mistake?
What structure are they in?
Are they both afraid of the supernatural?
Who isn't?
How long since they had been there before?
Is it bright?
What helps brighten it?
It is quiet of loud there?
Does anything else help brighten it?
Are the walls thin?
What is usually used to reach the top?
What is done with things need repaired?
Who wants to head up?
For what reason?
the inner courts
 the inner courts
No
 a massive door
open
On entering one of the inner courts they found a massive door in the wall standing ajar.
the roof,
 the roof,
Chebron
Chebron
no
I do not know
by mistake
 I think it must have been left unclosed by accident.
temple
temple
no
 Amuba, free from the superstitions which influenced his companion, would have gone with him had he proposed it, although he too felt the influence of the darkness and the dim, weird figures of the
Amuba
 Amuba
a month
 a month
no
, the darkness and gloom of the courts
lamps
lamps
Quiet
 silent courts
moonlight.
 moonlight.
No
in the thickness of the wal
a flight of stairs
a flight of stairs 
the workmen mount by ladders
the workmen mount by ladders
Chebron
Chebron
She has never seen it open before
 I have never seen it open before