We should have left this spot two hours ago and more," he said, very gravely; and Pierre Delouvain exclaimed excitedly: "Certainly, monsieur, we must go on.

It will not do to loiter now," and stooping down, he dragged rather than helped Walter Hine to his feet.

The quiet gravity of Garratt Skinner and the excitement of Delouvain frightened Walter Hine equally.

Some sense of his own insufficiency broke in at last upon him.

His vanity peeled off from him, just at the moment when it would most have been of use.