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0276 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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they were hewn, so that by the time those of
us who were a few paces behind Wali reached
a step the ice was just covered over with water
and this made it still more slippery for our soft
leather boots, which had now become almost
slimy on the surface. It was under these cir-
cumstances that my Ladaki servant Drogpa
gave in. He was shaking all over in an ex-
aggerated shiver, and so unsteady, I thought
he would slip at any moment and perhaps carry
us all with him. We were but at the beginning
of our trials. We had not even begun the
actual descent yet, but were merely crossing
to a point from which we should make it. And
to have such a man with us might have en-
dangered the safety of the whole party; so I
told him he might return to the ponies and go
round with them. It rather upset me to see
a born hillman so affected, but I pretended
not to care a bit and laughed it off, pour en-
courager les autres, as the thing had to be
done.

At last we reached the far side of the slope,
and found ourselves on a projecting piece of
rock protruding through the ice. Here we
could rest, but only with the prospect of still