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There was no way; yet, the time before, McKay had passed over the white shoulder of Thusis and had penetrated the forbidden land had slid into it sideways, somewhere from Thusis's shoulder, on a fragment of tiny avalanche. So there was a way!
There was only one way and that lay over the white shoulder of Thusis a cul-de-sac, according to all guide-books, and terminating in a rest-hut near a cave glistening with icy stalagmites called Thusis's Hair. Beyond this there was nothing no path, no progress possible only a depthless gulf unabridged and the world of mountains beyond.
Then the aviator planes down, sweeps through the canyon, and alights on the plateau called Thusis's Garden. But now he must return; the cable must be lifted and stretched taut; and he must embark across the gulf in the little car which runs on grooved wheels to Les Errues. "This is all we are likely to learn. Our retreat is cut off.
"Please do your bit, little birds," she murmured to herself. And, with a smile at them and a nod of confidence, she stepped forward again and fell into the rhythm of his stride. Very far away to the west they heard thunder stirring behind Mount Terrible. It was late in the afternoon when he halted near the eastern edges of Thusis's Forest.
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