By degrees she seemed to listen with more composure to me, though she evidently knew not a word of what I said to her.

She rose at last, and taking my hands, placed them above her head, stooping low as she did so, and this seemed to mean, she was willing at last to submit to my wishes; I lifted her from the ground, and carried her for some little way, but she was too heavy for me,--she then suffered me to lead her along whithersoever I would take her, but her steps were so slow and feeble, through weakness, that many times I was compelled to rest while she recovered herself.

She seems quite subdued now, and as quiet as a lamb." Catharine listened, not without tears of genuine sympathy, to the recital of her brother's adventures.

She seemed to think he had been inspired by God to go forth that day to the Indian camp, to rescue the poor forlorn one from so dreadful a death.
Louis's sympathy was also warmly aroused for the young savage, and he commended Hector for his bravery and humanity.
He then set to work to light a good fire, which was a great addition to their comfort as well as cheerfulness.

They did not go back to their cave beneath the upturned trees, to sleep, preferring lying, with their feet to the fire, under the shade of the pine.