AllthetemplesofthecityofAtlantisareinimmediateandsecretconnectionwiththeroyalpyramid，butthepassagesarelittleused，seeingthattheyareknownonlytotheSevenandtotheThreeabovethem，supposingthattherearethreemenlivingatonetimesufficientlylearnedinthehighestofthehighestmysteriestobeinstalledinthatsublimedegreeoftheThree。
And，evenbythese，thesecretwaysmayonlybeusedonoccasionsofthegreateststress，sothatagenerationwellmaypasswithouttheirbeingtroddenbyahumanfoot。
Itwaswithsometrouble，andafternolittleexperimentthatIgropedmywayintothissecretalley;butoncethere，therestwaseasy。Ihadnevertroddenitbeforecertainly，buttheplanofithadbeentaughtmeatmyinitiationasoneoftheSeven，andthecourseofthewindingscamebacktomenowwitheasyaccuracy。I
walkedquickly，notonlybecausetheairinthosedeepcranniesisalwaysfulloflurkingevils，butalsobecausethehourswerefleeting，andmuchmustbedonebeforeourLordtheSunagainrosetomakeanotherday。
Icametothespy—placewhichcommandsthetemple，andfoundtheholyplaceempty，and，alas！dust—covered，andshowinglittletracethatworshipperseverfrequentedittheselatteryears。A