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Chapter 41

           IforcedAlisontoherfeetandwestumbledbackthewaywehadcome.Alongaridgetothewestanothercolandslopeleddowntowardstheblackdistantseaoftrees.Eventuallywesawcontouredagainsttheskyator-shapedhillIhadnoticedonthewayup.Therefugewasjusttheothersideofit.Alisonnolongerseemedtocare;Ikeptholdofherhandanddraggedheralongbymainforce.Bullyingher,beggingher,anythingtokeephermoving.Twentyminuteslaterthesquatdarkcubeoftherefugeappearedinitslittlecombe.Ilookedatmywatch.Ithadtakenusanhourandahalftoreachthepeak;andoverthreehourstogetback.IgropedmywayinandsatAlisononabunk.ThenIstruckamatch,foundthelampandtriedtolightit;butithadnowickandnooil.Iturnedtothestove.That,thankGod,haddrywood.IrippedupallthepaperIcouldfind:aPenguinnovelofAlison’s,thewrappingsoffthefoodwehadbought;thenlititandprayed.Therewerebackpuffsofpapery,thenresinoussmoke,andthekindlingcaught.Inafewminutesthehutgrewfullofflickeringredlightandsepiashadows,andevenmorewelcomeheat.Ipickedupapail.Alisonraisedherheadfromherknees."I’mgoingtogetsomewaternow.""Okay."Shesmiledwanly."Ishouldgetundersomeblankets."Shenodded.ButwhenIcamebackfromthestreamfiveminuteslatershewasgingerlyfeedinglogsthroughtheupperdoorofthestove;barefooted,onaredblanketshehadspreadoverthefloorbetweenthebunksandthefire.

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