"And we shall see Gueyma again?" asked she with animation.
"Is it not he, with the Cougar, who commands the warriors of our tribe?"
"You are right. I am foolish to ask you this question, brother. Oh, how happy I am!" she added.
"Dove's Eye," answered the warrior with severity, "do you not remember my advice?"
"Oh yes, brother," said she, blushing slightly, lowering her eyes; "but what harm is there in saying that, since you alone hear me?"
"Sister, a young girl ought to keep her feelings to her own heart."
"But you know how much I love Gueyma; you have yourself seemed to encourage our mutual liking."
"You mistake, sister; I feel always the same towards you; it is you, on the contrary, who—"
"Oh, do not blame me, brother," interrupted Dove's Eye, quickly; "do not mar by your remonstrances the joy that I feel. I promise you I will constrain myself."
The young man shook his head with an air of doubt.