46/69 But it changes my--my feelings. Almost I'd rather not acquire such knowledge as yours. This balance of nature--how tragic--how sad!" "But why ?" asked Dale. "You love birds, an' birds are the greatest killers in the forest." "Don't tell me that--don't prove it," implored Helen. "It is not so much the love of life in a deer or any creature, and the terrible clinging to life, that gives me distress. |