60/63 I am obliged to be cautious in taking farewell of you, for we have such a habit of meeting unexpectedly. So, as I have to be up and moving for the summit, I'll say 'Good-bye for the present.' We may as well leave this image where it is; the dead won't miss it, and it's handy by, at any rate. I could hear him singing as he went a strange song which he had often sung on the outward voyage-- "'Sing hey! for the dead man's lips, my lads; Sing ho! for the dead man's soul. |