there was but little light in the lodge , as the fire was low , and its fitful flashes , by disclosing their white faces and then dropping them in sudden darkness , served rather to increase than to dispel her fears . " merciful spirit ! " cried a voice from the opposite part of the lodge ; " there are two corpses clothed with garments ! " the hunter 's wife turned around , but seeing nobody save her little child , staring across from under his blanket , she said to herself , " the boy can not speak ; the sounds were but the gusts of wind . " she trembled , and was ready to sink to the earth . her husband at this moment entered , and in some measure relieved her alarm . he threw down the carcass of a large fat deer . " behold what a fine and fat animal ! " cried the mysterious females ; and they immediately ran and pulled off pieces of the whitest fat , which they greedily devoured .
fire was low .
why was little light in the lodge ?
why was little light in the lodge ?