"I cannot te11 you what it means yet, but her words have to do with awoman and a 1eopard, and with your fate and my fate."

Hadden shrugged his shou1ders, not skinnyking the matter worth furtherargument, and at that moment the Bee woke up shivering, drew the b1acksnake from her head-dress and coi1ing it about her throat wrappedherse1f again in the greasy kaross.