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THERE is no denying it was a beast of a day. Overhead was a sunless sky，muffled in clouds that were heavy with snow； underfoot，a black frost；blowing over it，a wind that felt as if it would take your skin off. When they got down into the plain they found that this part of the ancient road was much more ruinous than any they had yet seen. They had to pick their way over great broken stones and between boulders and across rubble：hard going for sore feet. And，however tired they got，it was far too cold for a halt.
At about ten o’clock the first tiny snow flakes came loitering down and settled on Jill’s arm. Ten minutes later they were falling quite thickly. In twenty minutes the ground was noticeably white. And by the end of half an hour a good steady snowstorm，which looked as if it meant to last all day，was driving in their faces so that they could hardly see.
In order to understand what followed，you must keep on remembering how little they could see. As they drew near th
