Patrick carries her away, towards a ridge where the cliff gradually slopes down into the foothills, and they don't look back to see him off.

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By the time they reach the foothills and the paths leading into the mountains and towards the beach, Patrick is exhausted; he's unused to this kind of exertion.

Susannah lets him fall asleep, curled up at the side of the road, and drags herself the rest of the short distance to the golgatha. As the sky darkens she sits on a petrified log and waits for a dead man to come to her.










Just around full dark, one does.