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The Red Wolves

           Heseemedquiteinsensiblenowtothedangertheyhadescapedthroughthedepartureofthewolves,andwouldhavehastenedimmediatelyafterRobertiftheIndianhadnotkepthimbackbymakinghimunderstandtheimpossibilityoftheirhorsesovertakingThaouka;andalsothatboyandhorsehadoutdistancedthewolveslongsince,andthatitwouldbeuselessgoingtolookforthemtilldaylight.

           Atfouro’clockmorningbegantodawn.Apaleglimmerappearedinthehorizon,andpearlydropsofdewlaythickontheplainandonthetallgrass,alreadystirredbythebreathofday.

           Thetimeforstartinghadarrived.

           "Now!"criedThalcave,"come."

           Glenarvanmadenoreply,buttookRobert’shorseandsprungintothesaddle.Nextminutebothmenweregallopingatfullspeedtowardthewest,inthelineinwhichtheircompanionsoughttobeadvancing.Theydashedalongataprodigiousrateforafullhour,dreadingeveryminutetocomeacrossthemangledcorpseofRobert.Glenarvanhadtorntheflanksofhishorsewithhisspursinhismadhaste,whenatlastgun-shotswereheardinthedistanceatregularintervals,asiffiredasasignal.

           "Theretheyare!"exclaimedGlenarvan;andbothheandtheIndianurgedontheirsteedstoastillquickerpace,tillinafewminutesmoretheycameuptothelittledetachmentconductedbyPaganel.AcrybrokefromGlenarvan’slips,forRobertwasthere,aliveandwell,stillmountedonthesuperbThaouka,whoneighedloudlywithdelightatthesightofhismaster

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