On the south bank, where the river had broken its way through the hills, we found many sand-stone caves.

Beyond, toward the west, the ocean boomed on the bar that lay across the river's mouth.

And here, in the caves, we settled down in our abiding-place by the sea.
There were not many of us.

From time to time, as the days went by, more of the Folk appeared.

They dragged themselves from the swamp singly, and in twos and threes, more dead than alive, mere perambulating skeletons, until at last there were thirty of us.