Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

by Fritz Leiber

“Don’t follow it, Fafhrd,” the Mouser repeated—a little hopelessly, almost whiningly, it must be admitted. “Don’t follow it, I say. It leads only to squidgy death. We can still go back up the rope, aye, and take your loot with us.”