The road itself ran beneath a tall archway, the gates of which were standing open.
Greybeard shrugged his shoulders and marched under the tall archway.
Brummond skidded to a stop before a tall archway sealed by a heavy door.
The tall archway dripped white petals onto a stone bench.
Through the doorway, more steps descended steeply to another tall archway.
He went down and crossed the space, choosing one of the tall archways at random, knowing they all led inward to the center.
He saw no one as he approached a tall archway in the curving wall.
Whatever had happened, it must have been close to the tall archway with the large metal plate in its floor and the brilliant lights overhead.
He came out, and there was the tall archway, brightly lighted.
Then at last there was a light, suddenly, unexpectedly, glimmering just ahead from within a tall archway.