.' "The song died away in the distance before I moved.

I had hardly opened my lips during the interview, and now had much ado to believe it a reality.

But the newly-turfed grave was voucher enough for this.

A horror of the place seized me; I cast one shuddering look at the giant face and rushed from the spot, leaving the silent creepers to veil once more that awful likeness from the eyes of day.
"As I emerged upon the track again I came upon Peter and Paul, who were seeking me high and low, with dismay written upon their faces.
Excusing my absence as best I could, I declared myself ready, in spite of my ankle, to make all haste in the descent.

Of our journey down the Peak I need say little, except that, lame as I was, I surprised and exhausted my guides in my hurry.