A Crossing of the Hills by Hilaire Belloc — Read

Explore "A Crossing of the Hills" by Hilaire Belloc on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.

When it was nearly noon my companion said to me:

"By what sign or track do you propose to cross the mountains? " For the mountains here seem higher than any of highest clouds: the valley beneath them is broad and full of fields: beyond, a long day off, stands in a huge white wall the Sierra del Cadi. Yet we must cross these hills if ever we were to see the secluded and little-known Andorrans. For the Andorrans live in a sort of cup fenced in on every side by the Pyrenees; it was on this account that my companion asked me how I would cross over to their land and by what sign I should find my way.

Reading navigation