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When they finally reached the edge of the rocky cliff and stopped to rest, they found themselves looking at an almost flat hillside covered with small twisted pine trees. After the wet, gloomy ravine, it appeared incredibly open and spacious, with a vast valley stretching far below them, backed by other mountain ranges, which were basking in a pale-blue haze.
“Genug (Genug! – enough! (German))!” she panted. “A little genug!”
He silently sat on the edge of a stone slab protruding from the ground. She glanced at the continuous mass of mountains towering above her and then let her eyes linger on the woody downslope, which was speckled with patches of brown earth. Looking upwards, Ivan saw the girl freeze with one foot tucked under her as something caught her gaze like a magnet. Immediate
