“Let me see it,” said She Wolf.
“You do not understand it,” said No Man, “and it would turn against you.”
“I am not afraid,” said She Wolf, but she did not speak the whole truth.
“In my hands,” said No Man, “this thing is stronger than any man or beast, but in another’s hands it is only a bent stick and a length of stretched hide.”
“I do not believe you,” said She Wolf, but she half believed.
“Let us hunt together,” said No Man, “and I will show you.”
She Wolf went into the cave and came out with her club and her spear and her flint knife.
“I am ready,” she said.
