THERE WAS SOME ONE OUTSIDE--or Peter's brain, like his own, was twisted and fooled by the storm! Against his reasoning--in the face of the absurdity of it--Jolly Roger was urged into action.

He changed the snowshoe and replaced the alcohol lamp so that the glow of light could be seen more clearly from the Barren.

Then he went to the hole and crawled through.

Peter followed him.
As if infuriated by their audacity, the storm lashed itself over the top of the dune.

They could hear the hissing whine of fine hard snow tearing above their heads like volleys of shot, and the force of the wind reached them even in their shelter, bringing with it the flinty sting of the snow-dust.