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There was no time to think I was too hard at work; and, to my surprise, I found myself just beneath the long bridge-like piece of stone which had been laid across the opening to the shaft; while, by holding on to the rope with one hand and, reaching up the other to grasp the stone, I could see by the light which rose from below reflected from the glistening wall, for the lamp was out of sight that the rope was one of the strong tethering-reins, fastened round the stone as if for the purpose of lowering a bucket.
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