We are well-nigh under the great fort, and there is a farm near at hand." We found that soon and the rain came, and the storm spent its fury and passed as we sat under cover in the stables waiting.

Then came the moonlight and calm, and the sweetness of rain-soaked earth and flowers refreshed, and we went on our way wondering, and came to the thane's with the first daylight.

And I thought that our faces were pale and marked with the terror of the things through which we had gone, and maybe also with a new light of victory {xvii}..