Steps led down into the velvet gloom . There were cobwebs and dust , and air that smelled as though it had been locked in a pyramid for a thousand years .
Ступеньки вели вниз, в бархатный мрак. Там была паутина и пыль, а воздух пах так, будто его заперли в пирамиде на тысячу лет.
