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ld venture on a quicker and more determined stride．
This soon brought him out of the wood．The ground began sloping steeply up in front of him．The grass was dry and slippery but manageable if he used his hands as well as his feet，and though he panted and mopped his forehead a good deal，he plugged away steadily．This showed，by the way，that his new life，little as he suspected it，had already done him some good；the old Eustace， Harold and Alberta’s Eustace，would have given up the climb after about ten minutes．
Slowly，and with several rests，he reached the ridge．Here he had expected to have a view into the heart of the island，but the clouds had now come lower and nearer and a sea of fog was rolling to meet him．He sat down and looked back．He was now so high that the bay looked small beneath him and miles of sea were visible． Then the fog from the mountains closed in all round him，thick but not cold，and he lay down and turned this way and that to find the most comfortable position
