Although they had hidden it from one another, the great decrease in physical vitality had made their minds sink into black despair, but now that strength was returning so fast they saw the world through different eyes.

They lay back luxuriously and their satisfaction was so intense that they thought little of danger.

Tandakora might be somewhere near, but it did not disturb men who were as happy as they.

The night came down, heavy and dark, as had been predicted, and they smothered their fire, but they remained before the coals, sunk in content.
They talked for a while in low tones, but, at length, they became silent.

The big hunter considered.