The Hidden Children by Robert William Chambers Chapter 19 Page 34

Catharines-town. And him we were now about to take or slay.

“Amochol!” whispered the Sagamore in my ear.

“I know,” I said. “It is strange. He is not like a monster, after all.”

“He is beautiful,” whispered Lois.

I stared at the pale, calm face over which the firelight played. The features seemed almost perfect, scarcely cruel, yet there was in the eyes a haunting beauty that was almost terrible when they became fixed.

To his scarlet moccasins crept the Andastes, one by one, and squatted there in silence.

Then a single warrior entered the ring. He was clad in the ancient arrow-proof armour of the