And Rod and Wabigoon soon become filled with this same panic-stricken fear.

What terrible dread was it that filled Mukoki's soul?
Had he seen something of which he had not told them?
Did he think something which he had not revealed?
Foot by foot the three came to the top of the ridge.

There Mukoki straightened himself, and stood erect.

There were no signs of a living creature about them.

Down in the dip nestled the little lake, gleaming in the midday sun.