Falkner saw him coming up from the creek and went to meet him.
"I found the cabin, but no one was there," said Philip.

"It has been deserted for a long time.

No tracks in the snow, everything inside frozen stiff, and what signs I did find were of a woman!" The muscles of Falkner's face gave a sudden twitch.

"A woman!" he exclaimed.
"Yes, a woman," repeated Philip, "and there was a photograph of her on a table in the bedroom.

Did this Dobson have a wife ?" Falkner had fallen a step behind him as they entered the cabin.
"A long time ago--a woman was there," he said.