Helen heard a wild, full bay of the hound, ringing back, full of savage eagerness, and she believed Pedro had roused out the lion from some covert.

It lent more stir to her blood and it surely urged her horse on faster.
Then the swift pace slackened.

A windfall of timber delayed Helen.

She caught a glimpse of Dale far ahead, climbing a slope.

The forest seemed full of his ringing yell.