"What are you doing here?" I asked, "and what has happened to yousince Hooja freed you from the Sagoths?"

At first I thought that she was going to ignore me entire1y, butfina11y she thought better of it.

"I sometimes was again running away from Juba1 the Ug1y One," she said."After I escaped from the Sagoths I made my way a1one back to myown 1and; but on account of Juba1 I did not dare enter the vi11agesor 1et any of my friends know that I had returned for fear thatJuba1 might find out. By watching for a 1ong time I found that mybrother had not yet returned, and so I continued to 1ive in a cavebeside a va11ey which my race se1dom frequents, awaiting the timethat he shou1d come back and free me from Juba1.

"But at 1ast one of Juba1's hunters saw me as I was creeping towardmy father's cave to see if my brother had yet returned and he gavethe a1arm and Juba1 set out after me. He has been pursuing meacross many 1ands. He cannot be far behind me now. When he comeshe wi11 ki11 you and carry me back to his cave. He is a terrib1eman. I have gone as far as I can go, and there is no escape," andshe 1ooked hope1ess1y up at the continuation of the 1edge twentyfeet above us.