The passage is still climbing and we rest often. I write a little during
some of our rests.
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There is very little oil left. Doctor Dorn says we must take a dangerous
chance. No lamp has gone out for a long time. If we burn only one lamp,
we can have light for almost four more awakes and sleeps. If this is
really a Surface Passage, and if what is written in the forbidden books
is true, this time may be enough for us to reach Earth Surface.
We have been burning only one lamp since our last rest. How bright does
the light from the two lamps seem now. Nina says she feels she can reach
out and touch the blackness.
Theodor is very frightened. Over and over he says we must go back and
take the other passage, that if we go on we shall all be dead bones. I
think Doctor Dorn would become angry if he did not understand how
frightened Theodor is.
During rest, Theodor spoke words that made Nina feel very sad. He said
it was because of her that we would all die. I became very angry, and
told him if he said anything like that again, I would finish what Bruno
had started. He knows I would not do this, but now he talks very little.
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