That's all, Alan, except--" "Except what, Stampede ?" said Alan, his heart throbbing like a drum inside him.
Stampede took his time to answer, and Alan heard him chuckling and saw a flash of humor in the little man's eyes.
"Except that she's done with everyone on the Range just what she did with me between Chitina and here," he said.

"Alan, if she wants to say the word, why, _you_ ain't boss any more, that's all.

She's been there ten days, and you won't know the place.

It's all done up in flags, waiting for you.

She an' Nawadlook and Keok are running everything but the deer.