But Nepeese saw the little quivers that shot through his body when her hand touched him, like electric shocks.
"He beat you with a club," she was saying, her dark eyes within a foot of Baree's.

"He beat you! That man-beast!" There came an interruption.

The door opened, and the man-beast stood looking down on them, a grin on his red face.

Instantly Baree showed that he was alive.

He sprang back from under the Willow's hand with a sudden snarl and faced McTaggart.