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Lucy and her father would fain have rested longer, but Jefferson Hope was inexorable. "They will be upon our track by this time," he said. "Everything depends upon our speed. LUCY AND HER FATHER WOULD FAIN HAVE RESTED LONGER BUT JEFFERSON HOPE WAS INEXORABLE THEY WILL BE UPON OUR TRACK BY THIS TIME HE SAID EVERYTHING DEPENDS UPON OUR SPEED
on the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them. Nor was the fear entirely an illusion, for the barren valley was thickly strewn with trees and boulders which had fallen in a similar manner. Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the silent gorges, and startled the weary horses into a gallop. As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the caps of the great mountains lit up one after the other, like lamps at a festival, until they were all ruddy and glowing. The magnificent spectacle cheered the hearts of the three fugitives and gave them fresh energy. At a wild torrent which swept out of a ravine they called a halt and watered their horses, while they partook of a hasty breakfast. E THEM IN EVERY DIRECTION THE GREAT SNOW CAP PEAKS HEMMED THEM IN PEEPING OVER EACH OTHER'S SHOULDERS TO THE FAR HORIZON SO STEEP WERE THE ROCKY BANKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THEM THAT THE LARCH AND PINES SEEMED TO BE SUSPENDED OVER THEIR HEADS AND TO NEED ONLY A GUST OF WIND TO COME HURTLING DOWN UPON THEM NOR WAS THE FEAR ENTIRELY AN ILLUSION FOR THE BARREN VALLEY WAS THICKLY STREWN WITH TREES AND BOULDERS WHICH HAD FALLEN IN A SIMILAR MANNER EVEN AS THEY PASSED A GREAT ROCK CAME THUNDERING DOWN WITH A HOARSE RATTLE WHICH WOKE THE ECHOES IN THE SILENT GORGES AND STARTLED THE WEARY HORSES INTO A GALLOP AS THE SUN ROSE SLOWLY ABOVE THE EASTERN HORIZON THE CAPS OF THE GREAT MOUNTAINS LIT UP ONE AFTER THE OTHER LIKE LAMPS AT A FESTIVAL UNTIL THEY WERE ALL RUDDY AND GLOWING THE MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE CHEERED THE HEARTS OF THE THREE FUGITIVES AND GAVE THEM FRESH ENERGY AT A WILD TORRENT WHICH SWEPT OUT OF A RAVINE THEY CALLED A HALT AND WATERED THEIR HORSES WHILE THEY PARTOOK OF A HASTY BREAKFAST
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