When dawn comes we will try to find the road through that precipice, or over it, and for the rest trust to Providence." Dismayed at this intelligence, I did all I could to dissuade him from such a mad venture, but quite without avail, for never did I know a more determined or more fearless man than Lord Ragnall.

He had made up his mind and there was an end of the matter.

Afterwards I talked with Savage, pointing out to him all the perils involved in the attempt, but likewise without avail.

He was more depressed than usual, apparently on the ground that "having seen the ghost of her ladyship" he was sure he had not long to live.

Still, he declared that where his master went he would go, as he preferred to die with him rather than alone.
So I was obliged to give in and with a melancholy heart to do what I could to help in the simple preparations for this crazy undertaking, realizing all the while that the only real help must come from above, since in such a case man was powerless.