He had stopped looking off into the forest.
Presently he wheeled to the west, and by the light upon his face Ellen saw that the time was near sunset.

Turkeys were beginning to gobble back on the ridge.
Isbel walked to his horse and appeared to be untying something from the back of his saddle.

When he came back Ellen saw that he carried a small package apparently wrapped in paper.

With this under his arm he strode off in the direction of Ellen's camp and soon disappeared in the forest.
For a little while Ellen lay there in bewilderment.

If she had made conjectures before, they were now multiplied.