The island on which St.Luc lay encamped was growing indistinct, and the fires there shone through a white mist.
Tayoga stood up and gazed intently at the sun, before which a veil had been drawn, permitting his eyes to dwell on its splendors, now coming in a softened and subdued light.
"All the omens are favorable," he said.

"The heart of Areskoui has softened toward us, knowing that we are about to go on a great and perilous venture.

Tonight Tododaho on his star will also look down kindly on us.

He will be beyond the curtain of the clouds, and we will not see him, but I know that it will be so, because I feel in my heart that it must be so.

You and I, Dagaeoga, are only two, and among the many on this earth two can count for little, but the air is full of spirits, and it may be that they have heard our prayers.