Part 2, Chapter 5: The Avenging Angels

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​⁠All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more. When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them. In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders