I could not conjecture what she meant, but satisfied myself with thinking that it would be time enough to find out her meaning when there was need to make use of her warning, and that the occasion would reveal the admonition.

I concluded from the flowers that she carried, that the forest could not be everywhere so dense as it appeared from where I was now walking; and I was right in this conclusion.

For soon I came to a more open part, and by-and-by crossed a wide grassy glade, on which were several circles of brighter green.

But even here I was struck with the utter stillness.

No bird sang.