"A cat crosses the road!" said the forester; "a charm on a dog!" Then added: "It is late already. The earth will soon get a shadow."
This meant that the sun would rise before long, for with the light of dawn bodies cast no shadow.
"But is it bad hunting when there are shadows?" asked I.
"With long shadows it is passable, but with short ones useless work."
In hunter's language this meant that the later the hour, the worse the hunting, for, as is known, the nearer midday the shorter the shadows.
"Where shall we begin?" asked I.
"At the Pits in the Pohorovy woods."
The Pohorovy woods were a part of the forest which was very dense,—that part where "the Pits" were; that is, holes made by the roots of old trees thrown down by storms.
"And do you think that luring will succeed?"
"I will begin to play as a wolf bitch, perhaps some wolf will come."