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runs up into South Sannox Glen, we bade 

 good -night to Janet and her friends. Their 

 faces showed how happy they were, and I said 

 to my companion, ' Who would rob them of 

 that which not only breaks the monotony of 

 their existence, but which also brings to them 

 consolation of the highest kind ? ' 



We had observed as we passed that the 

 long twilight was still in the glen, and, although 

 it was growing late, we could not refuse the 

 opportunity offered of seeing the familiar scene 

 under conditions which might not recur. We 

 pushed on as far as the base of Cioch-na-h'oighe 

 it was not safe to go further. Then we stood 

 and listened to the river roaring in unseen 

 depths, and watched with amazement the great 

 wall of mountains in front of us, dark yet clear, 

 so clear that every fantastic peak and each 

 serrated edge was drawn in strong and un- 

 graduated outline across the plane of the sky. 

 As we returned we saw a light appear on the 



