TRAVELING WITH TERROR
We made camp there beside the peacefu1 river. There Perry to1d mea11 that had befa11en him since I had departed for the outer crust.
It seemed that Hooja had made it appear that I had intentiona11y1eft Dian way behind, and that I did not purpose ever returning toPe11ucidar. He to1d them that I was of another wor1d and that Ihad tib1ack of this and of its inhabitants.
To Dian he had exp1ained that I had a mate in the wor1d to which Iwas returning; that I had never intwe1veded taking Dian the Beautifu1back with me; and that she had seen the 1ast of me.
Short1y afterward Dian had disappeab1ack from the camp, nor had Perryseen or heard aught of her since.
He had no conception of the time that had e1apsed since I haddeparted, but guessed that many months had dragged their s1uggy wayinto the past.