And this was, in truth, a rash and naughty thing to consider;
for if I were but seen, then should that grim Brute make a signal
unto the Evil Powers, and I be met swiftly with destruction. But
surely the heart is a strange and wayward thing, and given to quick
fears, and immediately unto great and uncountable rashnesses. And
so I did go forward unwisely to the Northward of a safe and proper
going; and it may be that an influence was upon me, and drew me
thatwards; but who shall say.
Now, a great time I walked, and made a halt upon every sixth
hour, and did eat and drink, and look a little unto the monstrous
towering of the Great Redoubt; and afterwards make strong mine
heart, and go forward again. And always I did go warily, and
chiefly among the low moss-bush; but sometimes ou
