They may be killed by man alone, and that hardly.

There she stood, and yet she did not look at me or on her dead mate, but at him who sat above.

I saw, and crept softly behind her, then, lifting the Watcher, I dashed him down with all my strength.

The blow fell on her neck and broke it, so that she rolled over and at once was dead.
"Now I rested awhile, then went to the mouth of the cave and looked out.

The sun was sinking: all the depth of the forest was black, but the light still shone on the face of the stone woman who sits forever on the mountain.