And in reply she gave him yet another glimpse into the dark place.
"Your friend," she said, "must have been much loved in Chamonix." "Why ?" "So many guides came of their own accord to search for him." Again Chayne's face was turned quickly toward her.

Here indeed was a sign of the people amongst whom she lived, and of their unillumined thoughts.
There must be the personal reason always, the personal reason or money.
Outside of these, there were no motives.

He answered her gently: "No; I think that was not the reason.

How shall I put it to you ?" He leaned forward with his elbows upon his knees, and spoke slowly, choosing his words.

"I think these guides obeyed a law, a law not of any man's making, and the one law last broken--the law that what you know, that you must do, if by doing it you can save a life.