"But he may not."
"Ei! he will come."
When we reached Vah's cottage we left the horse and cart, and went forward on foot. After half an hour's walk, when the sun had begun to rise, we sat down in a pit.
Round about us was a thicket of impenetrable small growth; only here and there were enormous trees. The pit was so deep that even our heads were concealed in it.
"Now back to back!" muttered Vah.
We sat back to back; above the surface of the ground appeared only the crowns of our heads and the gun-barrels.
"Listen!" said Vah. "I will play."
Putting two fingers in his mouth and modulating his drawling voice with them, he began to imitate a wolf bitch; that is, to howl like a she-wolf when she entices he-wolves.
"Listen!"
And he placed his ear to the ground.