bridge, coming out upon the top of the opposite cliffs. A new line
of precipices immediately confronted them. They followed the
drumming along the base of these heights, but as they were passing
the mouth of a large cave the sound came from its recesses, and they
turned their steps inward.

"This leads to the outer world," remarked Corpang. "I've
occasionally been there by this passage."

"Then that's where it is taking us, no doubt. I confess I shan't be
sorry to see sunlight once more."

"Can you find time to think of sunlight?" asked Corpang with a rough
smile.

"I love the sun, and perhaps I'm rather lacking in the spirit of a
zealot."

"Yet, for all that, you may get there before me."

"Don't be bitter," said Maskull. "I'll tell you another thing.
Muspel can't be willed, for the simple reason that Muspel does not
concern the will. To will is a property of this world."

"Then what is your journey for?"

"It's one thing to walk to a destination, and to linger over the
walk, and quite another to run there at top speed."

"Perhaps I'm not so easily deceived as you think," said Corpang with