M'sieu's hand is swollen twice its size, and I can see his blood turning black.

It is pechipoo." "Pechipoo!" gasped Nepeese.
She looked into Pierrot's eyes.

They were dark, and filled with a sinister gleam--a flash of exultation, she thought.
"Yes, it is the blood poison," said Pierrot.

A gleam of cunning shot into his eyes as he looked over his shoulder, and nodded.

"I have hidden the medicine--and told him there is no time to lose in getting back to Lac Bain.