No one in the valley ever heard the fate of the expedition, for they lay out of the way of gossip in those troublous times; but Will saw one thing plainly, that not a man returned. Whither had they all gone?

• 山谷里没有人知道这队远征者的命运后来究竟如何，因为这里听不到战乱时的各种谣传，但是有一点威尔看得很清楚：没有一个人回来。