May-may-gwán was again rapt in sad but ex alted contemplation of something beyond. She answered merely by a contemptuous gesture.
"But—" insisted Sam.
"I know," she replied, with conviction.
Sam, troubled he knew not why, leaned forward to arrange the fire.
"How do you know, Little Sister?" he inquired, after some hesitation.
She answered by another weary gesture. Again Sam hesitated.
"Little Sister," said he, at last, "I am an old man. I have seen many years pass. They have left me some wisdom. They have made my heart good to those who are in trouble. If it was not to return to your own people, then why did you go with Ah-tek this morning?"
"That I might know what my brothers wished to know."
"And you think he told you all these things truly?" doubted Sam.
She looked directly at him.