Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


The path along the knife-edge was so narrow that it was
impossible for runners to pass each other, so it was arranged to
time the men, Hall to go first and Billy to follow after an
interval of half a minute.


Hall toed the mark and at the word was off with the form of a
sprinter. Saxon's heart sank. She knew Billy had never crossed
the stretch of sand at that speed. Billy darted forward thirty
seconds later, and reached the foot of the rock when Hall was
half way up. When both were on top and racing from notch to
notch, the Iron Man announced that they had scaled the wall in
the same time to a second.

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