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Les crept over towards her the wall, and listened behind it. The music was coming from down the cavern. It was louder than it had been the other day, for she couldn't hear it until she was close to it then. Les looked over at her bed, and reasoned with herself that she wasn't getting much sleep anyway, then she donned a robe and slippers, heaved her wardrobe aside, grabbed a lantern and started back down the long pathway towards the music.

Instead of stopping to place her lantern in the basin again, she kept it with her and made her way quietly through the room. The music was much louder this time, for the door was shut and not even ajar like before, but it didn't seem too loud from where she stood. For fear of barging in unwanted, Les didn't even try to open the door to see. Yet, curiosity had brought her all the way here, so she didn't want to simply leave. Up ahead, light poured from an open doorway, so Les made her way over to it. just inside was a stair leading up, but music seemed even louder here, so she stepped lightly up the stairs in her slippers. The narrow stair led up to a balcony that went round the room. Carefully she peered over the ledge.