I was happy now for all my weakness, for I was lapped in a great peace.

The raw weather, which had once been a horror of darkness to me, was now something kindly and homelike.

The wet smells minded me of my own land, and the cool buffets of the squalls were a tonic to my spirit.

I wandered into pleasant dreams, and scarce felt the roughness of the ground on my bare feet and the aches in every limb.
Long ere we got to the Gap I was clean worn out.

I remember that I fell constantly, and could scarcely rise.