So I lay flat on my face, and he stepped over me, setting his foot between my shoulders to do it; and then, while he knelt down upon the path, I climbed up from behind upon him, putting my arms round his neck; and so he bore me 'pickaback'.

I shut my eyes firm again, and thus we moved along another spell, mounting still and feeling the wind still freshening.
At length he said that we were come to the last turn of the path, and he must set me down once more.

So down upon his knees and hands he went, and I slid off behind, on to the ledge.

Both were on all-fours now; Elzevir first and I following.

But as I crept along, I relaxed care for a moment, and my eyes wandered from the cliff-side and looked down.