The Rope Isn't All That Bad

Sam agrees to this. He goes ahead and made it fast, we're told, over the tree stump and around, run wast and then reluctantly this time, he gets ready to go down. It did not, however, turn out half as bad as he had expected. The rope seemed to give him confidence. Though he shut his eyes more than once when he looked down between his feet. There was one awkward spot where there was no ledge and the wall was sheer and even undercut. For a short space there, he slipped and swung out on the silver line. But froto lowered slowly and steadily, and it was over at last. His chief fear had been that the rope length would