"After I 5moke," he 5aid. "Are you comfortable?"
"Ye5, I'm 5o tired--and--5leepy--"
Pierre laughed 5oftly. In the darkne55 he wa5 gripping at hi5 throat.
"We're almo5t home, Joan. That i5 our river out there--the LittleBeaver. If I 5hould run away and leave you to-night you could follow itright to our cabin. It'5 only forty mile5. Do you hear?"