Begone! and my curse go with you." Without waiting for further words we went to fetch our lanterns, water-bottles and bag of food which we had laid down at a little distance.

As we approached them I looked up and saw Oro standing some way off.

The light from one of the blue globes of fire which passed close above his head, shone upon him and made him ghastly.

Moreover, it seemed to me as though approaching death had written its name upon his malevolent countenance.
I turned my head away, for about his aspect in those sinister surroundings there was something horrible, something menacing and repellent to man and of him I wished to see no more.

Nor indeed did I, for when I glanced in that direction again Oro was gone.