
After crossing the snowy pass and stopping at Simplon, March cold followed the party into the descent. Ethel, may I take the first sled alone? You step into this one-chapter preview with Minnie Fay at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. No answer rose from the gorge, and the only route forward had vanished with Minnie. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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