Cowering in a corner, Fritz was now as quiet as if he had been born a voiceless _dingo_.
This speechless trance seemed to have its influence upon the awe-inspiring shadow outside the door: for, after giving utterance to another specimen of shrill piping, it withdrew with as much silence as if it had been but the shadow it appeared! Caspar's curiosity had become too strong to be kept any longer under the control of his fears.

As soon as the strange intruder was seen moving away from the hut, he stole forward to the entrance, and looked out.
Karl was not slow in following him; and Ossaroo also ventured from his hiding-place.
A dark mass--in form like a quadruped, but one of gigantic size--could be seen going off in the direction of the lake.

It moved in majestic silence; but it could have been no shadow, for on crossing the stream-- near the point where the latter debouched into the lake--the plashing of its feet could be heard as it waded through the water, and eddies could be seen upon the calm surface.

A simple shadow would not have made such a commotion as that?
"Sahibs!" said Ossaroo, in a tone of mysterious gravity, "he be one ob two ting.

He eider be de god Brahma, or--" "Or what ?" demanded Caspar.
"An ole rogue.".