Presently he stood by Nessus at the foot of the slope.
"We had better make up the ravine.

There will be numbers of them at its mouth.

We can see the glow of their fires from here." "But we may not be able to find a way up," Nessus said; "the sides seem to get steeper and steeper, and we may find ourselves caught in a trap at the end of this gorge.

At any rate we will try that way first.

I wish the moon was up; it is as black as a wolf's mouth here, and the bottom of the gorge is all covered with boulders.