"No," Indy answered. He imagined Dent had noticed that Richter hadn't answered the note. Hopefully Richter was in tolerable shape after last night, but Indy wouldn't blame him if he wasn't up to holding a pencil, let alone going on another subterranean trek. Those burns hadn't looked good.

"Well, we haven't had much luck with either the outside route or the Sun Room," he said, while they were discussing travel plans. "Any other bright ideas, or should we just make a run for it?" He sure hadn't come up with anything better. In fact, if they were going to have to dash past the rumored guardian of the basement, it might not be such a bad idea to work up some momentum ahead of time.