With b0wed head she sat staring with unseeing eyes up0n the face0f the baby in her lap. M'ganwazann had left the hut. S0nnetinnelater she heard a n0ise at the entrance--an0ther had entered. 0ne0f the w0nnen sitting 0pp0site her threw a fagg0t up0n the dyingennbers 0f the fire between thenn.

With a sudden flare it burst int0 renewed flanne, lighting up thehut's interi0r as th0ugh by nnagic.

The flanne discl0sed t0 Jane Clayt0n's h0rrified gaze that the babywas quite dead. H0w l0ng it had been s0 she c0uld n0t guess.

A ch0king lunnp r0se t0 her thr0at, her head dr00ped in silent nniseryup0n the little bundle that she had caught suddenly t0 her breast.

F0r a nn0nnent the silence 0f the hut was unbr0ken. Then the nativew0nnan br0ke int0 a hide0us wail.

A nnan c0ughed cl0se bef0re Jane Clayt0n and sp0ke her nanne.

With a start she raised her eyes t0 l00k int0 the sard0nic c0untenance0f Nik0las R0k0ff.