“Two days after I left. I found you gone, but knew you must come back, because some of the gear was here.” She hesitated. “Did—did you go after—him?”
He nodded grimly, and she gave a little cry of terror.
“You—you found him?”
He nodded affirmatively.
“And then——?”
“I found him dying from a bad injury.”
“Dying——?”
“Yes. He’s dead now.”
She turned on him with horrified eyes.
“You—you didn’t kill him?”