The others, after a fruitless wait, imitated him, convinced that he was right.

Then, after infinite pains, as before, they built two fires again, and slept between them.

But the next morning all three were weak.

Their vitality had declined fast in the night, and the situation became critical in the extreme.
"We must find food or we die," said Willet.

"We might linger a long time, but soon we won't have the strength to hunt, and then it would only be a question of when the wolves took us." "I can hear them howling now on the slopes," said Tayoga.