I heard the pattering of their feet, and they came round me by tens

and by twenties, and fawned upon me. I counted their number; they

numbered three hundred and sixty and three.

"Afterwards, I went on to the cave, and I have lived there in the

cave, Umslopogaas, for nigh upon twelve moons, and I have become a

wolf-man. For with the wolves I hunt and raven, and they know me, and

what I bid them that they do. Stay, Umslopogaas, now you are strong

again, and, if your courage does not fail you, you shall see this very