The roofs were unbroken.

The walls appeared solid.

Twice he looked at the fourth cabin, with its wide-open door and window, and twice he looked at the cabin nearest the stream, where had lived Donald MacDonald and Jane.
Donald had moved, and Joanne was watching him tensely, when he took the glass from his eyes.

Mutely the old mountaineer held out a hand, and Aldous gave him the telescope.

Crouching behind a rock he slowly swept the valley.
For half an hour he looked through the glass, and in that time scarce a word was spoken.