"Do you want to go back?" he asked.
"No, no——"
"What then——?"
"I can't tell you. Jus' a feeling dat you should not go. I am not sure——"
"But I don't understand——"
"Nor I, mon Jeem," she laughed. "'Ave I not tol' you de vrai gamine 'ave secon' sight? Forgive me. You t'ink I am foolish. But it is 'ere in my 'eart——"
"You do not want me to go to her, Piquette?" he asked.
"Yes. To 'er, mon Jeem. C'est bien. Is it not for dat which I come?"
She hesitated for another long moment, Jim watching her, and then raised her head like some wild creature sniffing at the breeze.
"Allons!" she said. "We shall go now."