And then behind me I heard the crack of guns." "Guns!" "Guns--just as they shoot at the rats.

The bullets came through the air with a sound like things tearing: one stung me in the leg." "And you ?" "Came on to you here and left them shouting and running and shooting behind me.

And now--" "Now ?" "It is only the beginning.

They mean that we shall part.

Even now they are coming after me." "We will not." "No.