“Ill, my Kallikrates,” she answered, “ill. This night have strange and hideous6 dreams come creeping through my brain, and I know not what they may portend7. Almost do I feel as though some evil overshadowed me; and yet how can evil touch me? I wonder,” she went on with a sudden outbreak of womanly tenderness, “I wonder if, should aught happen to me, so that I slept awhile and left thee waking, thou wouldst think gently of me? I wonder, my Kallikrates, if thou wouldst tarry till I came again, as for so many centuries I have tarried for thy coming?”
Then, without waiting for an answer, she went on: “Come, let us be setting forth8, for we have far to go, and before another day is born in yonder blue should we stand in the place of Life.”
In five minutes we were once more on our way through the vast ruined city, which loomed9 at us on either side in the grey dawning in a way that was at once grand and oppressive. Just as the first ray of the rising sun shot like a golden arrow athwart this storied desolation we gained the further gateway10 of the outer wall, and having given one more glance at the hoar and pillared majesty11 through which we had journeyed, and (with the exception of Job, for whom ruins had no charms) breathed a sigh of regret that we had not had more time to explore it, passed through the great moat, and on to the plain beyond.
As the sun rose so did Ayesha’s spirits, till by breakfast-time they had regained12 their normal level, and she laughingly set down her previous depression to the associations of the spot where she had slept.
“These barbarians13 swear that Kôr is haunted,” she said, “and of a truth I do believe their saying, for never did I know so ill a night save one. I remember it now. It was on that very spot when thou didst lie dead at my feet, Kallikrates. Never will I visit it again; it is a place of evil omen4.”
After a very brief halt for breakfast we pressed on with such good will that by two o’clock in the afternoon we were at the foot of the vast wall of rock that formed the lip of the volcano, and which at this point towered up precipitously above us for fifteen hundred or two thousand feet. Here we halted, certainly not to my astonishment14, for I did not see how it was possible that we should go any farther.
“Now,” said Ayesha, as she descended15 from her litter, “doth our labour but commence, for here do we part with these men, and henceforward must we bear ourselves;” and then, addressing Billali, “do thou and these slaves remain here, and abide16 our coming. By to-morrow at the midday shall we be with thee—if not, wait.”
Billali bowed humbly18, and said that her august bidding should be obeyed if they stopped there till they grew old.
“And this man, oh Holly20,” said She, pointing to Job; “best is it that he should tarry also, for if his heart be not high and his courage great, perchance some evil might overtake him. Also, the secrets of the place whither we go are not fit for common eyes.”
I translated this to Job, who instantly and earnestly entreated21 me, almost with tears in his eyes, not to leave him behind. He said he was sure that he could see nothing worse than he had already seen, and that he was terrified to death at the idea of being left alone with those “dumb folk,” who, he thought, would probably take the opportunity to hot-pot him.
I translated what he said to Ayesha, who shrugged22 her shoulders, and answered, “Well, let him come, it is naught23 to me; on his own head be it, and he will serve to bear the lamp and this,” and she pointed24 to a narrow plank25, some sixteen feet in length, which had been bound above the long bearing-pole of her hammock, as I had thought to make curtains spread out better, but, as it now appeared, for some unknown purpose connected with our extraordinary undertaking26.
Accordingly, the plank, which, though tough, was very light, was given to Job to carry, and also one of the lamps. I slung27 the other on to my back, together with a spare jar of oil, while Leo loaded himself with the provisions and some water in a kid’s skin. When this was done She bade Billali and the six bearer mutes to retreat behind a grove28 of flowering magnolias about a hundred yards away, and remain there under pain of death till we had vanished. They bowed humbly, and went, and, as he departed, old Billali gave me a friendly shake of the hand, and whispered that he had rather that it was I than he who was going on this wonderful expedition with “She-who-must-be-obeyed,” and upon my word I felt inclined to agree with him. In another minute they were gone, and then, having briefly29 asked us if we were ready, Ayesha turned, and gazed up the towering cliff.
“Goodness me, Leo,” I said, “surely we are not going to climb that precipice30!”
Leo shrugged his shoulders, being in a condition of half-fascinated, half-expectant mystification, and as he did so, Ayesha with a sudden move began to climb the cliff, and of course we had to follow her. It was perfectly31 marvellous to see the ease and grace with which she sprang from rock to rock, and swung herself along the ledges33. The ascent34 was not, however, so difficult as it seemed, although there were one or two nasty places where it did not do to look behind you, the fact being that the rock still sloped here, and was not absolutely precipitous as it was higher up. In this way we, with no great labour, mounted to the height of some fifty feet above our last standing-place, the only really troublesome thing to manage being Job’s board, and in doing so drew some fifty or sixty paces to the left of our starting-point, for we went up like a crab35, sideways. Presently we reached a ledge32, narrow enough at first, but which widened as we followed it, and moreover sloped inwards like the petal36 of a flower, so that as we followed it we gradually got into a kind of rut or fold of rock, that grew deeper and deeper, till at last it resembled a Devonshire lane in stone, and hid us perfectly from the gaze of anybody on the slope below, if there had been anybody to gaze. This lane (which appeared to be a natural formation) continued for some fifty or sixty paces, and then suddenly ended in a cave, also natural, running at right angles to it. I am sure it was a natural cave, and not hollowed by the hand of man, because of its irregular and contorted shape and course, which gave it the appearance of having been blown bodily in the mountain by some frightful37 eruption38 of gas following the line of the least resistance. All the caves hollowed by the ancients of Kôr, on the contrary, were cut out with the most perfect regularity39 and symmetry. At the mouth of this cave Ayesha halted, and bade us light the two lamps, which I did, giving one to her and keeping the other myself. Then, taking the lead, she advanced down the cavern40, picking her way with great care, as indeed it was necessary to do, for the floor was most irregular—strewn with boulders42 like the bed of a stream, and in some places pitted with deep holes, in which it would have been easy to break one’s leg.
This cavern we pursued for twenty minutes or more, it being, so far as I could form a judgment—owing to its numerous twists and turns no easy task—about a quarter of a mile long.
At last, however, we halted at its farther end, and whilst I was still trying to pierce the gloom a great gust19 of air came tearing down it, and extinguished both the lamps.
Ayesha called to us, and we crept up to her, for she was a little in front, and were rewarded with a view that was positively43 appalling44 in its gloom and grandeur45. Before us was a mighty46 chasm47 in the black rock, jagged and torn and splintered through it in a far past age by some awful convulsion of Nature, as though it had been cleft48 by stroke upon stroke of the lightning. This chasm, which was bounded by a precipice on the hither, and presumably, though we could not see it, on the farther side also, may have measured any width across, but from its darkness I do not think it can have been very broad. It was impossible to make out much of its outline, or how far it ran, for the simple reason that the point where we were standing was so far from the upper surface of the cliff, at least fifteen hundred or two thousand feet, that only a very dim light struggled down to us from above. The mouth of the cavern that we had been following gave on to a most curious and tremendous spur of rock, which jutted49 out in mid17 air into the gulf50 before us, for a distance of some fifty yards, coming to a sharp point at its termination, and resembling nothing that I can think of so much as the spur upon the leg of a cock in shape. This huge spur was attached only to the parent precipice at its base, which was, of course, enormous, just as the cock’s spur is attached to its leg. Otherwise it was utterly51 unsupported.
“Here must we pass,” said Ayesha. “Be careful lest giddiness overcome you, or the wind sweep you into the gulf beneath, for of a truth it hath no bottom;” and, without giving us any further time to get scared, she started walking along the spur, leaving us to follow her as best we might. I was next to her, then came Job, painfully dragging his plank, while Leo brought up the rear. It was a wonderful sight to see this intrepid52 woman gliding53 fearlessly along that dreadful place. For my part, when I had gone but a very few yards, what between the pressure of the air and the awful sense of the consequences that a slip would entail54, I found it necessary to go down on my hands and knees and crawl, and so did the other two.
But Ayesha never condescended55 to this. On she went, leaning her body against the gusts56 of wind, and never seeming to lose her head or her balance.
In a few minutes we had crossed some twenty paces of this awful bridge, which got narrower at every step, and then all of a sudden a great gust came tearing along the gorge57. I saw Ayesha lean herself against it, but the strong draught58 got under her dark cloak, and tore it from her, and away it went down the wind flapping like a wounded bird. It was dreadful to see it go, till it was lost in the blackness. I clung to the saddle of rock, and looked round, while, like a living thing, the great spur vibrated with a humming sound beneath us. The sight was a truly awesome59 one. There we were poised60 in the gloom between earth and heaven. Beneath us were hundreds upon hundreds of feet of emptiness that gradually grew darker, till at last it was absolutely black, and at what depth it ended is more than I can guess. Above was space upon space of giddy air, and far, far away a line of blue sky. And down this vast gulf upon which we were pinnacled61 the great draught dashed and roared, driving clouds and misty62 wreaths of vapour before it, till we were nearly blinded, and utterly confused.
The whole position was so tremendous and so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled64 our sense of terror, but to this hour I often see it in my dreams, and at its mere65 phantasy wake up covered with cold sweat.
“On! on!” cried the white form before us, for now the cloak had gone, She was robed in white, and looked more like a spirit riding down the gale66 than a woman; “On, or ye will fall and be dashed to pieces. Keep your eyes fixed67 upon the ground, and closely hug the rock.”
We obeyed her, and crept painfully along the quivering path, against which the wind shrieked68 and wailed69 as it shook it, causing it to murmur70 like a vast tuning-fork. On we went, I do not know for how long, only gazing round now and again, when it was absolutely necessary, until at last we saw that we were on the very tip of the spur, a slab71 of rock, little larger than an ordinary table, that throbbed72 and jumped like any over-engined steamer. There we lay, clinging to the ground, and looked about us, while Ayesha stood leaning out against the wind, down which her long hair streamed, and, absolutely heedless of the hideous depth that yawned beneath, pointed before her. Then we saw why the narrow plank had been provided, which Job and I had painfully dragged along between us. Before us was an empty space, on the other side of which was something, as yet we could not see what, for here—either owing to the shadow of the opposite cliff, or from some other cause—the gloom was that of night.
“We must wait awhile,” called Ayesha; “soon there will be light.”
At the moment I could not imagine what she meant. How could more light than there was ever come to this dreadful spot? While I was still wondering, suddenly, like a great sword of flame, a beam from the setting sun pierced the Stygian gloom, and smote73 upon the point of rock whereon we lay, illumining Ayesha’s lovely form with an unearthly splendour. I only wish I could describe the wild and marvellous beauty of that sword of fire, laid across the darkness and rushing mist-wreaths of the gulf. How it got there I do not to this moment know, but I presume that there was some cleft or hole in the opposing cliff, through which it pierced when the setting orb74 was in a direct line therewith. All I can say is, that the effect was the most wonderful that I ever saw. Right through the heart of the darkness that flaming sword was stabbed, and where it lay there was the most surpassingly vivid light, so vivid that even at a distance we could see the grain of the rock, while, outside of it—yes, within a few inches of its keen edge—was naught but clustering shadows.
And now, by this ray of light, for which She had been waiting, and timed our arrival to meet, knowing that at this season for thousands of years it had always struck thus at sunset, we saw what was before us. Within eleven or twelve feet of the very tip of the tongue-like rock whereon we stood there arose, presumably from the far bottom of the gulf, a sugarloaf-shaped cone75, of which the summit was exactly opposite to us. But had there been a summit only it would not have helped us much, for the nearest point of its circumference76 was some forty feet from where we were. On the lip of this summit, however, which was circular and hollow, rested a tremendous flat boulder41, something like a glacier77 stone—perhaps it was one, for all I know to the contrary—and the end of this boulder approached to within twelve feet or so of us. This huge rock was nothing more or less than a gigantic rocking-stone, accurately78 balanced upon the edge of the cone or miniature crater79, like a half-crown on the rim80 of a wine-glass; for, in the fierce light that played upon it and us, we could see it oscillating in the gusts of wind.
“Quick!” said Ayesha; “the plank—we must cross while the light endures; presently it will be gone.”
“Oh, Lord, sir!” groaned81 Job, “surely she don’t mean us to walk across that there place on that there thing,” as in obedience82 to my direction he pushed the long board towards me.
“That’s it, Job,” I halloaed in ghastly merriment, though the idea of walking the plank was no pleasanter to me than to him.
I pushed the board on to Ayesha, who deftly83 ran it across the gulf so that one end of it rested on the rocking-stone, the other remaining on the extremity84 of the trembling spur. Then placing her foot upon it to prevent it from being blown away, she turned to me.
“Since I was last here, oh Holly,” she called, “the support of the moving stone hath lessened85 somewhat, so that I am not certain if it will bear our weight or no. Therefore will I cross the first, because no harm will come unto me,” and, without further ado, she trod lightly but firmly across the frail86 bridge, and in another second was standing safe upon the heaving stone.
“It is safe,” she called. “See, hold thou the plank! I will stand on the farther side of the stone so that it may not overbalance with your greater weights. Now, come, oh Holly, for presently the light will fail us.”
I struggled to my knees, and if ever I felt terrified in my life it was then, and I am not ashamed to say that I hesitated and hung back.
“Surely thou art not afraid,” this strange creature called in a lull63 of the gale, from where she stood poised like a bird on the highest point of the rocking-stone. “Make way then for Kallikrates.”
This settled me; it is better to fall down a precipice and die than be laughed at by such a woman; so I clenched87 my teeth, and in another instant I was on that horrible, narrow, bending plank, with bottomless space beneath and around me. I have always hated a great height, but never before did I realise the full horrors of which such a position is capable. Oh, the sickening sensation of that yielding board resting on the two moving supports. I grew dizzy, and thought that I must fall; my spine88 crept; it seemed to me that I was falling, and my delight at finding myself sprawling89 upon that stone, which rose and fell beneath me like a boat in a swell90, cannot be expressed in words. All I know is that briefly, but earnestly enough, I thanked Providence91 for preserving me so far.
Then came Leo’s turn, and though he looked rather queer, he came across like a rope-dancer. Ayesha stretched out her hand to clasp his own, and I heard her say, “Bravely done, my love—bravely done! The old Greek spirit lives in thee yet!”
And now only poor Job remained on the farther side of the gulf. He crept up to the plank, and yelled out, “I can’t do it, sir. I shall fall into that beastly place.”
“You must,” I remember saying with inappropriate facetiousness—“you must, Job, it’s as easy as catching92 flies.” I suppose that I must have said it to satisfy my conscience, because although the expression conveys a wonderful idea of facility, as a matter of fact I know no more difficult operation in the whole world than catching flies—that is, in warm weather, unless, indeed, it is catching mosquitoes.
“I can’t, sir—I can’t, indeed.”
“Let the man come, or let him stop and perish there. See, the light is dying! In a moment it will be gone!” said Ayesha.
I looked. She was right. The sun was passing below the level of the hole or cleft in the precipice through which the ray reached us.
“If you stop there, Job, you will die alone,” I called; “the light is going.”
“Come, be a man, Job,” roared Leo; “it’s quite easy.”
Thus adjured93, the miserable94 Job, with a most awful yell, precipitated95 himself face downwards96 on the plank—he did not dare, small blame to him, to try to walk it, and commenced to draw himself across in little jerks, his poor legs hanging down on either side into the nothingness beneath.
His violent jerks at the frail board made the great stone, which was only balanced on a few inches of rock, oscillate in a most dreadful manner, and, to make matters worse, when he was half-way across the flying ray of lurid97 light suddenly went out, just as though a lamp had been extinguished in a curtained room, leaving the whole howling wilderness98 of air black with darkness.
“Come on, Job, for God’s sake!” I shouted in an agony of fear, while the stone, gathering99 motion with every swing, rocked so violently that it was difficult to hang on to it. It was a truly awful position.
“Lord have mercy on me!” cried poor Job from the darkness. “Oh, the plank’s slipping!” and I heard a violent struggle, and thought that he was gone.
But at that moment his outstretched hand, clasping in agony at the air, met my own, and I hauled—ah, how I did haul, putting out all the strength that it has pleased Providence to give me in such abundance—and to my joy in another minute Job was gasping100 on the rock beside me. But the plank! I felt it slip, and heard it knock against a projecting knob of rock, and it was gone.
“Great heavens!” I exclaimed. “How are we going to get back?”
“I don’t know,” answered Leo, out of the gloom. “’Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof,’ I am thankful enough to be here.”
But Ayesha merely called to me to take her hand and creep after her.
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