The two threaded a narrow staircase which led, as did the grand stairs, to the first floor rooms, but a door was under an archway there, which the guide opened and the cardinal bravely walked into a dark corridor thus disclosed.
Balsamo shut the door, and the sound of the closing made the visitor look back with some emotion.
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