From subsequent events, I am led to believe that she must have travelled far to the south, across a range of mountains and down to the banks of a strange river, away from any of her kind.

Many Tree People lived down there, and I think it must have been they who finally drove her back to the horde and to me.

My reasons for this I shall explain later.
The shadows grew longer, and I pursued more ardently than ever, and still I could not catch her.

She made believe that she was trying desperately to escape me, and all the time she managed to keep just beyond reach.

I forgot everything--time, the oncoming of night, and my meat-eating enemies.