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CHAPTER VIII A FIGHT WITH A TOR-HO
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Nah-ee-lah and I passed through the village of the No-vans undetected, since the people of Ga-va-go were cowering2 in their huts, terror-stricken by the storm. The girl led me immediately to high ground and upward along a barren ridge3 toward the high mountains in the distance. I could see that she was afraid though she tried to hide it from me, putting on a brave front that I was sure she was far from feeling. My respect for her increased, as I have always respected courage, and I believe that it requires the highest courage to do that which fills one with fear. The man who performs heroic acts without fear is less brave than he who overcomes his cowardice4.
Realizing her fear I retained her hand in mine, that the contact might impart to her a little of the confidence that I felt, now that I was temporarily at least out of the clutches of the Va-gas.
We had reached the ridge above the village when the thought that we were weaponless and without means of protection overwhelmed me. I had been in so much of a hurry to escape the village that I had overlooked this very vital consideration. I spoke5 to Nah-ee-lah about it, telling her that I had best return to the village and make an effort to regain6 possession of my own weapons and ammunition7. She tried to dissuade8 me, telling me that such an attempt was foredoomed to failure and prophesying10 that I would be recaptured.
“But we cannot cross this savage11 world of yours, Nah-ee-lah, without means of protection,” I urged. “We do not know at what minute some fierce creature may confront us—think how helpless we shall be without weapons with which to defend ourselves.”
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