She looked at the dead dogs, and shivered. "We cannot stay here," she

said.

We must go back," he repeated, glancing over his shoulder to see if the

enemy kept their distance. "We have been happy for a time.... But the

world is too civilised. Ours is the age of cities. More of this will

kill us."

"But what are we to do? How can we live there?"

Denton hesitated. His heel kicked against the wall on which he sat.

It's a thing I haven't mentioned before," he said, and coughed;

but ..."

Yes?"

You could raise money on your expectations," he said.

Could I?" she said eagerly.

Of course you could. What a child you are!"

She stood up, and her face was bright. "Why did you not tell me before?"

she asked. "And all this time we have been here!"

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