What was it, I wondered, that could give me pain?
or what could there still be that could excite fear in me, who had learned and seen so much?
I could not imagine.

It was evidently some disposal of the bodies of the victims--that was plain.

Turning this over in my mind, with vague conjectures as to Almah's meaning, I left her and walked along the terrace until I came to the next cavern.

This had never been open before, and I now entered through curiosity to see what it might be.
I saw a vast cavern, quite as large as the cheder nebilin, full of people, who seemed to be engaged in decorating it.

Hundreds were at work, and they had brought immense tree-ferns, which were placed on either side in long rows, with their branches meeting and interlacing at the top.