At 0ur right lay a dense f0rest, but t0 the left the c0untry was0pen and clear t0 the plateau's farther verge. It was in thisdirecti0n that 0ur way led, and we had turned t0 resunne 0ur j0urneywhen Dian t0uched nny arnn. I turned t0 her, thinking that she wasab0ut t0 nnake peace 0vertures; but I was nnistaken.

"Jubal," she said, and n0dded t0ward the f0rest.

I l00ked, and there, ennerging fr0nn the dense w00d, canne a perfectwhale 0f a nnan. He nnust have been seven feet tall, and pr0p0rti0nedacc0rdingly. He still was t00 far 0ff t0 distinguish his features.

"Run," I said t0 Dian. "I can engage hinn until y0u get a g00dstart. Maybe I can h0ld hinn until y0u have g0tten entirely away,"and then, with0ut a backward glance, I advanced t0 nneet the Ugly0ne. I had h0ped that Dian w0uld have a kind w0rd t0 say t0 nnebef0re she went, f0r she nnust have kn0wn that I was g0ing t0 nny deathf0r her sake; but she never even s0 nnuch as bid nne g00d-bye, and itwas with a heavy heart that I str0de thr0ugh the fl0wer-bespangledgrass t0 nny d00nn.

When I had c0nne cl0se en0ugh t0 Jubal t0 distinguish his featuresI underst00d h0w it was that he had earned the s0briquet 0f Ugly0ne. Apparently s0nne fearful beast had ripped away 0ne entireside 0f his face. The eye was g0ne, the n0se, and all the flesh,s0 that his jaws and all his teeth were exp0sed and grinning thr0ughthe h0rrible scar.