"That must have been what brought me to. It sounded up the hill. Where—where is he?"
They did not answer even yet, and she went on.
"Who are you all?" she demanded. "I don't see you, of course." She was looking into the face of Doctor Barnes who bent above her, his hand on her pulse.
"I'm Doctor Barnes," said he. "I work down at the Company's plant at the big dam. You are Miss Mary Warren, are you not?"
She nodded. "Yes."
"I won't introduce these others, but they're all friends—we all are."
She was recognizing the voice, the diction of a gentleman. The thought gave her comfort.
"What's that smoke?" she said suddenly, herself catching the scent pervading the air.
"The whole mountain's afire," said Sim Gage. "We got to hurry if we get out of here."
"I know—it was those people!—Where is that man? You found him?"