“You felt, then, that we came up this ravine!”
“Oh yes, herr; and I was not surprised. It is one of the places I thought likely for crystals, and I see you have found some.”
“Pound some? How do you know?” cried Saxe.
“Because I see you have been to one cave and left some of your treasure behind. I found this just inside the way leading to it.”
“Then you climbed up?” said Saxe, taking a little crystal of the size of his finger from the guide’s hand.
“No, herr; I climbed down,” replied Melchior.
“From where? Did you come over the top?”
“No, herr; from the mouth, by the glacier, I came right along the bottom, and turned down into the chasm below.”
“What chasm below?” said Dale eagerly.
“Is it possible the herr does not know?”