Did none of you ever see a fog before?
Had it fallen on you while hunting, you would have done naught but grumble and wait its lifting." But they were terrified, as it seemed, beyond reason; and, indeed, it was as thick as any Friesland fog I have ever seen, and it grew blacker for an hour or so, while we had perforce to wait under dripping trees till we could see to go on.

Even a horse will lose his way home in such a fog as that.
And at last they begged the king to pray that it might clear from off us, and so he knelt and did so.

It was strange to hear his clear voice rising from the midst of half-seen men and steaming horses, praying for the light.

And then the fog lifted as suddenly as it had come, and the sun shone out.
"See," he said, "our fears are like this mist, and cloud our senses.

Surely the fears shall pass likewise from the heart of him who prays.