"Just so," answered Arnal, "but I am glad of the good fortune that, has brought you to us. Have you, then, abandoned your encampment?"
"Since sunrise my warriors have resumed their march. They are following me."
"Is Gueyma with them, brother?" asked the young girl.
"Dove's Eye forgets," severely answered the old chief, "that a woman has no right to interrogate a warrior."
"I am wrong, I confess," said she, dropping her head humbly; "but my father loves me; he will pardon me."
"I forgive you, my child; but a young girl has no right to speak but when she is spoken to."
This sharp reprimand was tempered with a look so gentle, and a smile so sweet, that the young girl, blushing all the while, could not maintain any anger towards the old chief.
"You guessed, then, that we were here," asked Arnal.
"Did I not expect you?" laconically said the Cougar. "And now give your warriors orders to retire for the night."
The Cougar then made the young warrior follow him, and both again reached the path, while the Agonti arranged the camp, and had the wood cut, and the fires lighted.