The facts behind Henri's tale of woe struck him as important, and until midnight they talked about the two strange wolves.
"There is one big wolf an' one smaller," said Henri.

"An' it is always the big wolf who goes in an' fights the lynx.

I see that by the snow.
While he's fighting, the smaller wolf makes many tracks in the snow just out of reach, an' then when the lynx is down, or dead, it jumps in an' helps tear it into pieces.

All that I know by the snow.

Only once have I seen where the smaller one went in an' fought with the other, an' then there was blood all about that was not lynx blood; I trailed the devils a mile by the dripping." During the two weeks that followed, Weyman found much to add to the material of his book.