"He wouldn't touch that carcass ag'in if he was starving.

Just now this place is like poison to him." After that Bruce left Langdon to meditate alone on the field of battle while he began trailing Thor.

In the shade of the balsams Langdon wrote for a steady hour, frequently rising to establish new facts or verify others already discovered.

Meanwhile the mountaineer made his way foot by foot up the coulee.

Thor had left no blood, but where others would have seen nothing Bruce detected the signs of his passing.