“Yi—eh! Yi—eh! Yi—e—h!” he suddenly shouted with the strength of his lungs.
The echo rolled back to them like a taunt.
She sprang up.
“If they’re huntin’ us—” she said, trembling, “oh, they’ll hear that!”
He looked at her in horror. Fool! Would he never have done with his blundering....
“Oh, my God, I forgot,” he exclaimed, contritely, and dropped to the ground. “I don’t get rested between kicking myself for being a damn fool,” he said.
While they ate, he was quiet. There was no way to let her know how much he hated himself, and his thought was occupied with nothing else. And it was as if she divined, for she became very gentle.
“I guess maybe you wanted to do somethin’ else to-day,” she said.
He shook his head.