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Chapter 1. Fellow Travellers

           Andnow,whenitwasdarkbelow,thoughtheyseemedsolemnlytorecede,likespectreswhoweregoingtovanish,asthereddyeofthesunsetfadedoutofthemandleftthemcoldlywhite,theywereyetdistinctlydefinedintheirlonelinessabovethemistsandshadows.

           Seenfromthesesolitudes,andfromthePassoftheGreatSaintBernard,whichwasoneofthem,theascendingNightcameupthemountainlikearisingwater.WhenitatlastrosetothewallsoftheconventoftheGreatSaintBernard,itwasasifthatweather-beatenstructurewereanotherArk,andfloatedontheshadowywaves.

           Darkness,outstrippingsomevisitorsonmules,hadrisenthustotheroughconventwalls,whenthosetravellerswereyetclimbingthemountain.Astheheatoftheglowingdaywhentheyhadstoppedtodrinkatthestreamsofmeltediceandsnow,waschangedtothesearchingcoldofthefrostyrarefiednightairatagreatheight,sothefreshbeautyofthelowerjourneyhadyieldedtobarrennessanddesolation.Acraggytrack,upwhichthemulesinsinglefilescrambledandturnedfromblocktoblock,asthoughtheywereascendingthebrokenstaircaseofagiganticruin,wastheirwaynow.Notreesweretobeseen,noranyvegetablegrowthsaveapoorbrownscrubbymoss,freezinginthechinksofrock.Blackenedskeletonarmsofwoodbythewaysidepointedupwardtotheconventasiftheghostsofformertravellersoverwhelmedbythesnowhauntedthesceneoftheirdistress.

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