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At dawn, stiff and shivering, they stumbled outside and by unspoken consent started directly up the slope.
By full daylight they found themselves in a chestnut grove. They stopped to fill their pouches. The last mile was made in the hot warmth of the sun. At the top of the ridge they stopped to rest.