Stewart made no effort to explain the delays he had encountered. Prepared to carry out the sentence, the sergeant major bellowed. Theymust have realized how perilously depleted was Gordon's stock of shotand shell. However, the tumultcarried to them.
He smoothed it against his thigh and as he read ithe began to smile and the weariness slipped from his shoulders. The vestiges of the otherculture do not include weapons of stone. The fleshof animals and birds was eaten, venison and wild boar beingparticularly esteemed. Hisface was yellow as the mud of a sulphur spring and the sword had fallenfrom his trembling hand.
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