What was he! And what chance did he have! He was alone in the wilderness.

He had been priding himself on being the superior of those around him, and that strange woman had treated him with condescension, when he had strained his heart out to get her daughter to the road safely and without pain.
His eyes rested on the level, pale line of the horizon far below him.
Down there lay all he had ever known and loved.

All was changed; his home belonged to an alien.

He turned his face away.

On the other side, the distant mountains lay a mighty rampart across the sky.