Of course I said nothing, and Yva and Bastin took no note of what he was doing.
When we were clear of the palace, of which we had only seen one hall, we walked across an open space made unutterably dreary by the absence of any vegetation or other sign of life, towards a huge building of glorious proportions that was constructed of black stone or marble.

It is impossible for me to give any idea of the frightful solemnity of this doomed edifice, for as I think I have said, it alone had a roof, standing there in the midst of that brilliant, unvarying and most unnatural illumination which came from nowhere and yet was everywhere.
Thus, when one lifted a foot, there it was between the sole of the boot and the floor, or to express it better, the boot threw no shadow.
I think this absence of shadows was perhaps the most terrifying circumstance connected with that universal and pervading light.

Through it we walked on to the temple.

We passed three courts, pillared all of them, and came to the building which was larger than St.Paul's in London.

We entered through huge doors which still stood open, and presently found ourselves beneath the towering dome.