There are ways of becoming invisible in the mountains.

But before I go, tell me one thing: Have you left the cabin to search for Pierre le Rouge in another place ?" "No.

I do not search for him." There was an instant of pause.

Then the voice said sharply: "Did Wilbur lie to me ?" "No.

I started up the valley to find him." "But you've given him up ?" "I hate him--I hate him as much as I loathe myself for ever condescending to follow him." She heard a quick breath drawn in the dark, and then a murmur: "I am free, then, to hunt him down!" "Why ?" "Listen: I had given him up for your sake; I gave him up when I stood beside you that first night and watched you trembling with the cold in your sleep.