18/27 The rugged crags on either side were thickly covered with a forest of fir and larch, and here and there a taller stone-pine reared its darker head above the silvery green. Dashing, roaring, leaping, shouting, the water poured down in a never-ceasing volume: the white spray rose up in clouds, wetting the girls' faces; the sound was like an endless chorus of hallelujahs. There must have been rain up in the mountains last night," remarked Ulyth. "What do you think of it, Rona ?" "It's a champion! I'm going to climb down there and get at the edge." "No, you won't!" said Miss Moseley sharply. "Nobody is to go a single step nearer. |