“One mouth more or less matters little.”
“What you think, I think,” said She Wolf, “and therefore as you say a mouth or two more in this cave would not matter.”
“Whom do you wish to bring to this cave?” said Sunrise.
“I wish you and Dawn to bring the extra mouth,” said She.
“I do not understand,” said Sunrise.
“The matter is simple,” said She Wolf, “and Dawn will not say no to you.”
Sunrise sat and thought.
“There is a time for all things,” he said presently, “Hitherto I have been very busy with a number of things. But I have always intended one day to make a cave of my own and take Dawn to it. For always when I am away from her there is a something which keeps calling me back to her side. But she is very young still, and not strong, and I will wait.”
“You are of an age,” said She Wolf, “and even if you are willing to wait, I know of others that are not willing.”