The Master of Ballantrae Chapter 12

In which a solemn company ventures into the wintry wilderness to confront dark suspicions surrounding a grave and its occupant, wrestling with the unsettling spectres of madness and mistrust amidst the eerie stillness of frost-clad woods. Here, beside moonlit mountains, the faithful and the fearful bear witness to strange labours upon the dead, their import as chilling as the frozen ground they tread.