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Behind them was the sound of clashing and entangled ships, and the rumble of collapsing buildings. Overhead was the great patch of lurid light on the roof of the Underworld. Ahead was the mysterious glow,which did not seem to grow any bigger. From the same direction came a continual hubbub of shouts,screams, cat-calls,laughter,squeals,and bellowings;and fireworks of all sorts rose in the dark air. No one could guess what they meant. Nearer to them,the city was partly lit up by the red glow,and partly by the very different light of the dreary Gnome lamps. But there were many places where neither of these lights fell,and those places were jet-black. And in and out of those places the shapes of Earthmen were darting and slipping all the time,always with their eyes fixed on the travellers,always trying to keep out of sight themselves. There were big faces and little faces,huge eyes like fishes’ eyes and little eyes like bears. There were feathers and bristles,horns and tusks,