Rushing up the coombe, he sprang across the torrent, and raced over the adjoining hill, as though racing for life.
Soon in front of him towered the "Giant's Castle" Rock, and he ran up its steep ascent with an almost crazy speed.

At the summit he halted abruptly, looking keenly from side to side.

Was there any one there?
No.

There seemed to be no one.

Chilled with a nameless horror, he stood watching--watching and listening to the crashing noise of the great billows as they broke against the rocks below.