12/28 "Can he be the one ?" "I don't know. Stark is not the name, but he might have changed it; he had reasons enough." "Who is this man Stark ?" "I don't know that, either. I used to hear of him when I was in British Columbia." "But surely you must know if he is the same--she must have told you how he looked--others must have told you--" Gale shook his head. I could not ask her, and others knew him so well they never doubted that I had seen him; but this much I do know, he was dark--" "This man is dark--" "-- and his spirit was like that of a mad horse--" "This man's temper is black--" "-- and his eyes were cruel." "This man has evil eyes." "He lacked five years of my age," said the trader. |