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 be, and yet somehow his heart sank.

"She had no weapons," he said. "Furthermore she was very weak and it may be that the meat was not sufficient."

For an hour or more, running swiftly, he followed a winding and rambling trail.

"She was searching for food," he said, "but at this season there are no berries, and she was without weapons."

The trail finally turned abruptly downward into a gully filled with young trees,