In the meantime they worked.
The cold snap continued.

Only men of iron kept the trail at such low temperatures, and Kama and Daylight were picked men of their races.
But Kama knew the other was the better man, and thus, at the start, he was himself foredoomed to defeat.

Not that he slackened his effort or willingness by the slightest conscious degree, but that he was beaten by the burden he carried in his mind.

His attitude toward Daylight was worshipful.

Stoical, taciturn, proud of his physical prowess, he found all these qualities incarnated in his white companion.