Around the pillar for a circle twice twenty feet wide was emptiness!

He eased around the pillar and skipped to the next, just before the bend in the passage.

I walked around the pillar and sat down, taking care not to squash my catheter.

He draws it back, then wraps is solidly around the pillar 15 feet up.

The light came from oil lamps around the walls and the pillar.

The area around the tremendous pillar was paved with something black and smooth that did not reflect the light.

Moments later, his white head poked tentatively around the pillar.

Chris got to his feet, peered cautiously around the pillar.

The water around the pillar was seething with the heat from it.

I watched him go and then slid back around the pillar.