Chapter 64

Leithen was beginning to recover himself. "I'm afraid I was trespassing," he murmured. "I tried a short cut and got into difficulties. I hope I didn't alarm you coming down that hill like an avalanche. I find it the easiest way." The mystified Cameron stood speechless, watching his prey vanishing in the company of his mistress. _XIV_ _Haripol--Wounded and Missing_ Lamancha watched Palliser-Yeates disappear along the hill-side, and then returned to the hollow top of the Beallach, which was completely cut off …