But Rima, what had she expected that her face wore that blank look of surprise and pain?
"Is this the place where mother appeared to you ?" she suddenly cried.

"The very place--this! This!" Then she added: "The cave where you tended her--where is it ?" "Over there," he said, pointing across the plateau, which was partially overgrown with dwarf trees and bushes, and ended at a wall of rock, almost vertical and about forty feet high.
Going to this precipice, we saw no cave until Nuflo had cut away two or three tangled bushes, revealing an opening behind, about half as high and twice as wide as the door of an ordinary dwelling-house.
The next thing was to make a torch, and aided by its light we groped our way in and explored the interior.

The cave, we found, was about fifty feet long, narrowing to a mere hole at the extremity; but the anterior portion formed an oblong chamber, very lofty, with a dry floor.

Leaving our torch burning, we set to work cutting bushes to supply ourselves with wood enough to last us all night.

Nuflo, poor old man, loved a big fire dearly; a big fire and fat meat to eat (the ranker its flavour, the better he liked it) were to him the greatest blessings that man could wish for.