. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF ANDORRA [page 287). THE PRINCE BISHOP OF ANDORRA AND THE COUNCIL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS {page 287) To face page 260 THE VALLEY OF CAROL 261 Sir, said my young guide, * I feel sure of getting acrossmyself, but I cannot answer for you. And why not ? I inquired. Because I do exactly what you are unwilling to do. Igo on foot, I take off my cloak when the wind is too violent,I roll in the snow, and, see ! I am not afraid. * I took his advice to heart, and decided forthwith tocontinue my jo
. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF ANDORRA [page 287). THE PRINCE BISHOP OF ANDORRA AND THE COUNCIL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS {page 287) To face page 260 THE VALLEY OF CAROL 261 Sir, said my young guide, * I feel sure of getting acrossmyself, but I cannot answer for you. And why not ? I inquired. Because I do exactly what you are unwilling to do. Igo on foot, I take off my cloak when the wind is too violent,I roll in the snow, and, see ! I am not afraid. * I took his advice to heart, and decided forthwith tocontinue my journey. I was bitten with curiosity to see thestorm raging over the pass, and wished to judge for myselfwhether the imagination of the people of the country hadoverpainted the scenes they had described. My sufferingsthis time were less, for I was better accustomed to the coldand the wind, and it was now nearly midday. Yet therewere moments in my passage over the Col that beggardescription. For a few seconds there would be a perfectcalm, broken by no other movement than the slow, silentfalling of the snow. These were the intervals
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