Only this he did in silence, nor did he ever allude to the subject afterwards, except as a commonplace matter-of-course event.
Notwithstanding the "jodellings" which continued outside his window to a late hour, and the bouquet of flowers which was sent to him by the wife of the mayor, who felt that a distinction had been conferred upon their village that would bring them many visitors in future seasons, and ought to be suitably acknowledged, Godfrey soon dropped into a deep sleep.

But in the middle of the night it passed from him, and he awoke full of terrors.

Now, for the first time, he understood what he had escaped, and how near he had been to lying, not in a comfortable bed, but a heap of splintered bones and mangled flesh at the foot of a precipice, whence, perhaps, it would have been impossible ever to recover his remains.

In short, his nerves re-acted, and he felt anything but a hero, rather indeed, a coward among cowards.

Nor did he wish ever to climb another Alp; the taste had quite departed from him.
To tell the truth, a full month went by before he was himself again, and during that month he was as timid as a kitten, and as careful of his personal safety as a well-to-do old lady unaccustomed to travel..