Just as I was turning to see where the voice came from, I heard the door behind me slam shut! I ran to it and tried to push it open but, of course, it was locked. Now we had to go on; we could not turn back. Chris and Megan called softly to me and I groped my way toward them in the dark.
“I think we can still make it if we just stick together and don’t panic,” Megan cautioned. “Here, let’s use my belt to keep us together. We can each hold onto part of it as we walk along and even if we can’t see, we can at least know where…”
The belt flew out of my hands as Megan’s voice fell away beneath us! I fumbled in the dark for a second and then said, “Darn it! Why didn’t I think of this before?” Right then and there I produced a marvelous plan.