They went over to the far end of the pit.

But the human was very near the edge of the pit.

I started with the body from the bottom of the pit.

He reached the run of the pit and looked back.

By the late 1700s the town had a large number of pits.

Some kind of pit, much larger than any he had ever seen, though.

The edge of the pit was almost within reach above his head.

You come from the bottom of the pit, there's no place but up.

The far end of the pit was a city block away.

"What are those big steps coming down the side of the pit?"