From these two disbeliefs his hope had sprung.

It was possible that either Lattery or his guide lay disabled, but alive and tended, as well as might be, by his companion on some insecure ledge of that rock-cliff.

A falling stone, a slip checked by the rope might have left either hurt but still living.

It was true that for two nights and a day the two men must have already hung upon their ledge, that a third night was to follow.

Still such endurance had been known in the annals of the Alps, and Lattery was a hard strong man.
A girl came from the chalet and told him that his dinner was ready.
Chayne forced himself to eat and stepped out again on to the platform.