“'You made a fine signal'.”
“The woman had heard, and, with a little scream, sprang to her feet and quickly came up behind me, put her hand upon me, and cried: 'He has come! It is my brother who has come!'
“And, as in the Bible, where Monsieur Moses spoke to the rock and the water gushed from it, so the woman cried into the dark and an answering voice sprang from it—a voice as from the dead.
“I stood trembling, too weak to move.
“'You made a fine signal,' the voice said. 'Thank God for it!'
“'Yes, thank le bon Dieu, for it was His pillar of fire,' I said. 'Who are you?'
“'The rescued come to rescue,' he replied; 'her brother.'
“His sister had sunk upon the snow. As he bent to pick her up, I saw the extra pairs of snow-shoes on his back, I noticed my toboggan that he was pulling, and the stores of food upon it.
“'You are strong again,' I said, wishing to pinch him to see whether he was he, or a trick of some werewolf who was deceiving me.
“'Thanks to your food,' “'But you have been long coming, brother,' said she, weakly. 'Why so long?'