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The Night of Goiter
Right and left of us they towered, with the afternoon sun falling full upon them. Here and there seemed mighty rifts in the mountains, through which as the sun began to sink we saw now and then the white gleam of falling water. By the roadside were many crosses, and as we swept by my companions all crossed themselves. here and there was a peasant man or woman kneeling before us shrine, but did not even turn round as we approached. On this were sure to be seated quite a group of homecoming peasants, the checks with their whites and the Slovaks with their coloured sheepskins. The latter carrying lance fashion their long staves with axe at end.