that they were now going to have to withdraw, frustrated.
“P'raps we should come back during the day, when the
passage is open, and hide in it till it's closed,” suggested Gelio. “Yeah, but there's nowhere to hide,” said Muko.
They dragged their feet as far as the stone barrier and sat down on some loose rocks. Muko didn't take easily to being thwarted so he spent the time having a good look at exactly where the entrance to the passage had been before. It was in this way that he made a discovery: some of the stones in the wall had numbers written on them.
“Come and look at this,” he called out to his companions.
None of them had noticed any writing before, but now they could see some words written at the top: 'Only magic will let you through', and underneath a whole load of numbers carved into the stone.
There was something odd about all those inscribed numbers and letters. When viewed from a particular angle, they seemed to reflect the light.
“I've heard about this!” exclaimed Paidia, and on the instant she was transported back to a day in her past.