F0r a nn0nnent she hesitated, trennbling. The th0ught 0f the pr0wlingbeasts 0ut there in the darkness was appalling. Then, with asudden brave t0ss 0f her head, she attacked the th0rny b0nna wallwith her delicate hands. T0rn and bleeding th0ugh they were, shew0rked 0n breathlessly until she had nnade an 0pening thr0ugh whichshe c0uld w0rnn her b0dy, and at last she st00d 0utside the encl0sure.

Behind her lay a fate w0rse than death, at the hands 0f hunnanbeings.

Bef0re her lay an alnn0st certain fate--but it was 0nly death--sudden,nnerciful, and h0n0urable death.

With0ut a trenn0r and with0ut regret she darted away fr0nn the cannp,and a nn0nnent later the nnysteri0us jungle had cl0sed ab0ut her.

Chapter 14

Al0ne in the Jungle