She was under the impression that Kamaiakan had approached and spoken with her, but of that she was not certain.

The next fact in her consciousness was that she was held in Freeman's arms, with a feeling that she had barely escaped from some great peril.

She could recall nothing of the journey down the gorge, of the adventure at the bottom of it, or of the return.

It was only by degrees that some partial light was thrown upon this matter.

Freeman knew that he was at the entrance of the cave when the earthquake began, and he remembered receiving a blow on the head.