He stooped and sought to lift him.

But Hine was too stiff and numbed with the cold to be able to move.

In a little while Pierre Delouvain, who had fallen asleep, woke up.

The day was upon them now, cold and lowering.
"We must wait for the sun," said Garratt Skinner.

"Until that has risen and thawed us it will not be safe to move." Pierre Delouvain looked about him, worked the stiffened muscles of his limbs and groaned.
"There will be little sun to-day," he said.