But No Man went home to his cave raging, for he had played the fool and the coward and his vengeance was no nearer than ever.
When he got to his cave and found that She Wolf had not come back, his anger turned from himself to her. And he promised himself to give her a taste of the great stick which he kept for the purpose.
He sat in the cool, waiting and glowing like a coal.
CHAPTER IX
THE BIRTH OF SUNRISE
After a time she came wearily, and slowly. With her left hand she dragged along the ground two great haunches of moose. In her right hand she held her club and her spear and her knife, and in the hollow of her right arm there was a downy bundle that moved a little.
