Word: alvarotez
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...outskirts of the university site the other day, suddenly felt the ground give way beneath him; and before he knew it, he found himself in a large hollow space at some depth underground. His shouts attracted fellow-workmen, who helped him out with a rope and brought Senor Alvarotez, Leon Cavallo, and myself to the scene of the discovery. With torches and shovels we descended into the opening and proceeded to explore...
...grooves in the centre of the floor, running parallel in two pairs, from one end to the other. The floor was of solid rock, and these grooves had been hollowed with care. It was also observed that the tunnel sloped slightly in the direction of the city; and Senor Alvarotez has evolved this remarkable plausible hypothesis. When the tunnel was in use, there had been two cars of some sort, on wheels, one on each track. These cars were joined by a cable the length of the tunnel, so that when one car was at the university end the other...
...ramp which led up the slope to the site of the university. We were long in a quandary about their significance, but by means of various records unearthed in the city above, or cut in the rocky faces of the cliff (details of which I must spare you), Senor Alvarotez has deduced this astonishing explanation...
...anyone come there to gain training of the mind. They came only for the great sport of Rolo. Rolo was the raison d'etre of the university, the paramount appeal to the people of the Inca realm. The furore which this revelation caused must have been tremendous, says Senor Alvarotez. The cry was taken up on all sides. Leaf after leaf of the college paper was covered with wild appeals to reason, conjecturing what the future would bring forth, suggestions for a remedy of the awful situation. We can fairly see the Incas dashing up and down their narrow streets...
...leaf which he had wet in his mouth now had an entirely different appearance. Senor Alvarotez went up to it out of curiosity, looked at it closely, then uttered a startled ejaculation. There were plainly visible on the wet leaf the characters of the Inca alphabet...