walking along the road, hyder and rip encounter an unfamiliar fence and follow it. they come to a gate tended by a man, who explains that hyder can enter the elysian fields of the afterlife. told that rip cannot enter and will be taken to a special afterlife for dogs, hyder angrily declines the offer of entry and decides to keep walking along the "eternity road," saying, "any place that's too high-falutin' for rip is too fancy for me."