The two horses, tied together neck and crupper, were fasting near by.

As Coronado had forgotten to bring food with him, Clara was also fasting.
Think of Apaches, and imagine the terror with which she caught the sounds of approach, the heavy, stumbling steps through the darkness.

Then imagine the joy with which she recognized Thurstane's call and groped to meet him.
In the dizziness of her delight, and amid the hiding veils of the obscurity, it did not seem wrong nor unnatural to fall against his arm and be supported by it for a moment.

Ralph received this touch, this shock, as if it had been a ball; and his nature bore the impress of it as long as if it had made a scar.

In his whole previous life he had not felt such a thrill of emotion; it was almost too powerful to be adequately described as a pleasure.
Next came Coronado, as happy as a disappointed burglar whose cue it is to congratulate the rescuing policeman.