human
I'm telling you the truth, said Steeple Bob,
gpt
How much of a step?
human
Oh, when I stood on one the next one came to my breast, and then I could just touch the one above that.
gpt
I HAD TO CRAWL AROUND AND OVER IT.
human
The only ticklish bit was just at the top, where two great stones, weighing about a ton apiece, swell out like an apple on a stick, and I had to crawl around and over that apple, which was four feet or so across. If it hadn't been for grooves and scrollwork in the stone I couldn't have done it, and even as it was I had two or three minutes of hard wriggling after I kicked off with my feet and began pulling myself up.
gpt
You mean you hung by your hands from this big ball of stone?
human
I hung mostly by my fingers; the scrolls weren't deep enough for my hands to go in.
gpt
And you drew yourself slowly up and around and over that ball?
human
Certainly; that was the only way.
gpt
And it was at the very top?
human
Yes, just under the cross. It wasn't much, though; you could do it yourself.