She snow hard--now--up there!" They went on, stirred by new hope.

Rod could feel that the flakes were coming thicker.

The three now kept close to the chasm wall in their search for the rift.

How changed all things were at night! Rod's heart throbbed now with hope, now with doubt, now with actual fear.

Was it possible that he could not find it?
Had they passed it among some of the black shadows behind?
He saw no rock that he recognized, no overhanging crag, no sign to guide him.