Harsh settings

The Dog: The animal was worried by the great cold. It knew that this was no time for traveling.

The Man: But all this—the distant trail, no sun in the sky, the great cold, and the strangeness of it all—had no effect on the man. It was not because he was long familiar with it. He was a newcomer in the land, and this was his first winter. The trouble with him was that he was not able to imagine.