to feel in the dark for a ladder he knew led to a loft ; and findingfindit , he quickly mountedmount, taking carecarenot to make a noise with his rifle , and layliedown upon the floor of brush and poles .
thrilledthrillout above the silent house ( the boxes always stopped talking during the Daisy Song ) a warm pink mountedmountto the girl 's cheek , mantledmantleher brow to the roots of her fair braids , and suffusedsuffusethe young slope of her breast to the line where it met a modest tulle tucker fastened with a single gardenia .
I mountedmountinto the window - seat : gatheringgatherup my feet , I satsitcross-legged , like a Turk ; and , having drawndrawthe red moreen curtain nearly close , I was shrined in double retirement .
His excellency , having mountedmounton the small of my right leg , advancedadvancedforwards up to my face , with about a dozen of his retinue ; and producingproducehis credentials under the signet royal , which he appliedapplyclose to my eyes , spokespeakabout ten minutes without any signs of anger , but with a kind of determinate resolution , often pointingpointforwards , which , as I afterwards foundfind, was towards the capital city , about half a mile distant ; whither it was agreedagreeby his majesty in council that I must be conveyed .
On March 3 , 1866 , Powell and I packedpackhis provisions on two of our burros , and biddingbidme good-bye he mountedmounthis horse , and startedstartdown the mountainside toward the valley , across which led the first stage of his journey .