"What makes you think so?"
"The Grizzly Bear is eager to finish."
"And I, too," the woman muttered in a low voice.
The conversation was again broken off. The woman paced up and down the clearing in thought. The chief followed her with his eyes, carefully examining her. All at once she stopped before him, and looked him In the face.
"You are devoted to me, chief?" she said.
"Do you doubt it?"
"Perhaps."
"Still, only a few hours ago, I gave you a decided proof of my devotion."
"What?"
"This!" he said, pointing to his left arm, which was wrapped in strips of bark.