It could not be more than three hundred yards away.
So he struggled on bravely through the wet grass and over the scattered boulders, till at last he came to the base of the huge column that had been shattered by the lightning before Jess's eyes.
Thirty paces more and John was in the cave.
With a sigh of utter exhaustion he flung himself down upon the rocky floor, and almost instantly was buried in a profound sleep..