I am afraid it did not encourage his mind.

Occult messages seemed to him only the last proof of a deadly danger encompassing us, and I could not shake his opinion.
We took the same road to the crown of the Berg, and I was confirmed in my suspicion that the woods were empty and the watchers gone.

The place was as deserted as the bush at Umvelos'.

When we reached the summit about sunset we waited anxiously for the sound of drums.

It came, as we expected, louder and more menacing than before.