Ever after this he returned to the point where he had left Gray Wolf, knowing that he would find her there.
All that day they remained in the thicket.

In the afternoon he visited the cabin.

Joan and her husband were there, and both saw at once Kazan's torn side and his lacerated head and shoulders.
"Pretty near a finish fight for him," said the man, after he had examined him.

"It was either a lynx or a bear.

Another wolf could not do that." For half an hour Joan worked over him, talking to him all the time, and fondling him with her soft hands.