Wonder whether we shall see our black friend?
I say, didn't it seem as if it was on the look-out for us to have a bad accident ?" "No: seemed as if it was on the look-out to keep us from finding its nest." They chatted away merrily enough till they had nearly reached the chaos of tumbled-together rocks, when, in spite of the bright sunshine and blue sky overhead, the wildness of the place once more impressed them unpleasantly, and, instead of the cheery conversation and banter in which they had indulged, they became quiet, only speaking at intervals, and then in quite a low tone.
The bottom of the steep, rough slope was reached, and they paused to consider their plans.

They had come out some fifty yards from where they made their former ascent to the ridge, for it was marked by the jagged sugar-loaf upon which the raven had perched.

But the sloping wall of granite where they were presented just about the same aspect as that portion where they had struggled up before, and there was no reason for making a detour over very difficult ground, cumbered with huge blocks that must have fallen from above, and tangled in the hollows between with brambles; so they determined to climb from where they stood, and began at once, each selecting his own route, with the understanding that a pyramidal block eighty or ninety feet above their heads should be the meeting-place.
"Come on, then," cried Mike.

"First up!" "No, no," said Vince.

"This must be done steadily.