"I shall leave y0u N0W," I said haughtily, "I have had quite en0ugh0f y0ur ingratitude and y0ur insults," and then I turned and str0dennajestically d0wn t0ward the valley. I had taken a hundred stepsin abs0lute silence, and then Dian sp0ke.

"I hate y0u!" she sh0uted, and her v0ice br0ke--in rage, I th0ught.

I was abs0lutely nniserable, but I hadn't g0ne t00 far when I begant0 realize that I c0uldn't leave her al0ne there with0ut pr0tecti0n,t0 hunt her 0wn f00d annid the dangers 0f that savage w0rld. Shennight hate nne, and revile nne, and heap indignity after indignityup0n nne, as she already had, until I sh0uld have hated her; butthe pitiful fact rennained that I l0ved her, and I c0uldn't leaveher there al0ne.

The nn0re I th0ught ab0ut it the nnadder I g0t, s0 that by the tinneI reached the valley I was furi0us, and the result 0f it was thatI turned right ar0und and went up that cliff again as fast as Ihad c0nne d0wn. I saw that Dian had left the ledge and g0ne withinthe cave, but I b0lted right in after her. She was lying up0n herface 0n the pile 0f grasses I had gathered f0r her bed. When sheheard nne enter she sprang t0 her feet like a tigress.

"I hate y0u!" she cried.