22/46 Soon he will be gone entirely and then all the ridges will be lost in the dusk. I hope--and I'm not jesting either--that you've said your prayer to him." "As I told you, Dagaeoga, one must not ask too many favors. But now the sun is wholly gone and the night will be dark. The wind rises and it moans like the soul of an evil warrior condemned to wander between heaven and earth. The night will be dark, and in two hours the wolves will be here." Robert looked at him, but the face of the Onondaga was that of a seer, and once more the blood of the white youth ran chill in his veins. |