These men were no mean contestants even in such a race, and, strong as I am, it took my utmost effort to keep ahead of them.

They were keen as leopards, and as swift.

Their lives had been spent among the mountains, and their hearts and souls on were in the chase.

I doubt not that if the death of any one of us could have through any means effected my wife's release, we should, if necessary, have fought amongst ourselves for the honour.
From the nature of the work before us our party had to keep to the top of the hills.

We had not only to keep observation on the flying party whom we followed, and to prevent them making discovery of us, but we had to be always in a position to receive and answer signals made to us from the Castle, or sent to us from other eminences.
_Letter from Petrof Vlastimir_, _Archimandrite of Spazac_, _to the Lady Janet MacKelpie_, _of Vissarion_.
_Written July_ 8, 1907.
GREAT LADY, I am asked to write by the Vladika, and have permission of the Archbishop.