Etruscans (2011)
“With one hand locked on Vesi’s wrist and the other on Justine’s he plunged ahead, down and down and down, dragging the women with him.
Beside them ran the river. Merely an inconsequential trickle along the floor of the first cave, it broadened with each cavern. Try as she might, Justine could not discover any tributaries feeding the river, yet it continued to gather strength as it descended until the caverns echoed with a mighty roar. The sound beat against her skull. The water gave off a foul,... disgusting odor like rotten eggs.
Once when Justine whimpered with pain, Lars Porsena pulled her to its very brink. “You can have a drink if you like,” he said.
She turned her face away.
He laughed. “Come then, we have a distance yet to go.”
They went on; her pain did not lessen. He had hurt her very badly and she marveled that she was still able to walk. As if he read her mind, he remarked, “You can stand an extraordinary amount of pain, you know. You are young. And I chose you because you are strong.MoreLess
Beside them ran the river. Merely an inconsequential trickle along the floor of the first cave, it broadened with each cavern. Try as she might, Justine could not discover any tributaries feeding the river, yet it continued to gather strength as it descended until the caverns echoed with a mighty roar. The sound beat against her skull. The water gave off a foul,... disgusting odor like rotten eggs.
Once when Justine whimpered with pain, Lars Porsena pulled her to its very brink. “You can have a drink if you like,” he said.
She turned her face away.
He laughed. “Come then, we have a distance yet to go.”
They went on; her pain did not lessen. He had hurt her very badly and she marveled that she was still able to walk. As if he read her mind, he remarked, “You can stand an extraordinary amount of pain, you know. You are young. And I chose you because you are strong.MoreLess
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