To scramble down the cliff on the opposite side was impracticable.

I was unprepared to meet a stranger.

Besides the aukwardness attending such an interview in these circumstances, concealment was necessary to my safety.

A thousand times had I vowed never again to employ the dangerous talent which I possessed; but such was the force of habit and the influence of present convenience, that I used this method of arresting his progress and leading him back to the house, with his errand, whatever it was, unperformed.

I had often caught parts, from my station below, of your conversation in this place, and was well acquainted with the voice of your sister.
"Some weeks after this I was again quietly seated in this recess.