26/33 On the rocks, too, you had the instinct for the hand-grip and the foothold and with which foot to take the step. And that instinct, mademoiselle, comes as a rule only with practice." He paused and looked at her perplexity. "I cannot remember who it is, or why you remind me of him. But you remind me of some one very much." He picked up the _Ruecksack_ which he had taken from his shoulders. Sylvia took a last look over the wide prospect of jagged ridge, ice pinnacles and rock spires. |