camp on the lee side of a rock cliff 
which was honeycombed with caves. A 
blazing camp fire was built at the mouth 
of one of these and we lounged on the 
rock ledges inside, thoroughly protected 
from the wind and cold. A storm was 
brewing. We could hear the pine trees 
whistle and shriek as they were lashed 
about in the forest across the brook. 
The lurid light of the fire showed us 
ourselves in distorted shadows. The 
whole place seemed wild and wicked, 
like a robber camp, and under its spell 
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one thought things and felt things that 
would have been impossible in the sun 
shine, where everything is revealed. It 
began to snow, but we laughed at that. 
What did it matter in the shelter of the 
cave? For the first time in days I was 
thoroughly toasted on all sides at once. 
We had changed abruptly from the 
