“She could not tell which motive kept them largely without speech save for very necessary remarks. The furred ones hiss-whispered among themselves from time to time, but if they shared any thoughts with those two they were blood-bound to, the girl could not detect it. At first she was willing to be as uncommunicative in turn. On the third day she began to tire of this continued silence, was no longer willing to rest on her pride and wait for them to explain where they went, or what they sought—b...esides their missing comrade. Though she did believe that it was Karn's capture which had partly brought them into this debatable land. Still Thora studied eagerly the land they traveled through, hoping to spy some landmark out of her vision. But perhaps because that had been taken in complete darkness any such were not disguised. At last she addressed Borkin directly, determined that, since he was so obviously her unfriend here, he was the one to be approached first. The most difficult must always be assailed from the beginning—the greater trial before the easier one.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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