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In the glow of the fire, and speaking just loud enough to be heard above its roar, Alice and Hugh made swift appraisal of their situation. It was not easy to be calm, to hold the body in subjugation to the brain in that death valley, between two walls of flame. Yet the calm strength of the wilderness itself seemed to be in their thews.
"Wait, wait," the girl whispered. "Every second is precious -- but give me time to think. I know this country, and I've got to remember how the canyons lie."