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Not at Home
ThebridgethatBalinhadspokenoftheyfoundlongfallen,andmostofitsstoneswerenowonlybouldersintheshallownoisystream;buttheyfordedthewaterwithoutmuchdifficulty,andfoundtheancientsteps,andclimbedthehighbank.Aftergoingashortwaytheystrucktheoldroad,andbeforelongcametoadeepdellshelteredamongtherocks;theretheyrestedforawhileandhadsuchabreakfastastheycould,chieflycramandwater.(Ifyouwanttoknowwhatcramis,IcanonlysaythatIdon’tknowtherecipe;butitisbiscuitish,keepsgoodindefinitely,issupposedtobesustaining,andiscertainlynotentertaining,beinginfactveryuninterestingexceptasachewingexercise.ItwasmadebytheLake-menforlongjourneys).
Afterthattheywentonagain;andnowtheroadstruckwestwardsandlefttheriver,andthegreatshoulderofthesouth-pointingmountain-spurdrewevernearer.Atlengththeyreachedthehillpath.Itscrambledsteeplyup,andtheyploddedslowlyonebehindtheother,tillatlastinthelateafternoontheycametothetopoftheridgeandsawthewintrysungoingdownwardstotheWest.
Heretheyfoundaflatplacewithoutawallonthreesides,butbackedtotheNorthbyarockyfaceinwhichtherewasanopeninglikeadoor.FromthatdoortherewasawideviewEastandSouthandWest."Here,"saidBalin,"intheolddaysweusedalwaystokeepwatchmen,andthatdoorbehindleadsintoarock-hewnchamberthatwasmadehereasaguardroom.TherewereseveralplaceslikeitroundtheMountain
