go fast enough, until all at once I came to your horse tied there, and I heard strange trampling sounds a little farther on where my horse could not go — and I got off and ran.

“I fell down and got up and ran again; and it seemed as if my feet wouldn’t leave the ground, but only held me back. It seemed like they hadn’t any more power to run — and — then I came there and I saw.” She paused, covering her face with her hand as if to shut out the sight, and slipped to her knees beside him. “Oh, I saw your faces — all terrible — ” He put his arm about her and drew her close. “I saw you fall, and your face when it seemed like you were dying as you fought. I saw — ” Her sobs shook her, and she could not go on.