(A pause, during which Sitka Charley merely waits, while Mrs. Eppingwell seems to be thinking. When she speaks, it is in a changed, serious tone.)
MRS. EPPINGWELL
Charley, we have travelled the Long Trail together, you and I.
SITKA CHARLEY
Um.
MRS. EPPINGWELL
We journeyed through the Hills of Silence. We saw our last dogs drop in the traces. We staggered and fell, and crawled on our hands and knees through the snow because we had not enough to eat, and it was very cold. We had our last food stolen—
SITKA CHARLEY
(Eyes flashing, face stiffening, grimly and with satisfaction.)
Captain Eppingwell kill one man who steal food. I kill other man. I know.