I (grow) dreadfully afraid, and the horses (share) my fear. The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed. He (keep) turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness. Suddenly, away on our left I (see) a faint flickering blue flame. The driver (see) it at the same moment. He at once (check) the horses, and, jumping to the ground, (disappear) into the darkness. I (know neg.) what to do, the less as the howling of the wolves (grow) closer. But while I , (wonder) the driver suddenly (appear) again, and without a word (take) his seat, and we (resume) our journey. I think I must have fallen asleep and kept dreaming of the incident, for it (seem) to be repeated endlessly, and now looking back, it is like a sort of awful nightmare. Once the flame (appear) so near the road, that even in the darkness around us I could watch the driver's motions. He (go) rapidly to where the blue flame , (arise) it must have been very faint, for it (seem neg.) to illumine the place around it at all, and gathering a few stones, (form) them into some device.

Once there (appear) a strange optical effect. When he (stand) between me and the flame he (obstruct neg.) it, for I could see its ghostly flicker all the same. This (startle) me, but as the effect was only momentary, I (take) it that my eyes (deceive) me straining through the darkness. Then for a time there were no blue flames, and we (speed) onwards through the gloom, with the howling of the wolves around us, as though they were following in a moving circle.