Like a terrified fugitive the girl abruptly swept a look behind her;
and then she leaped again, and landed almost beside us.
"You--you--Oh you mus' help me! There was a flash that tried to kill
me--"
English! With weird, indescribable intonation, she gasped the English
words.
"I--shot at you," I stammered. "Sorry--we thought you were an animal.
No human is allowed here today but us."
Somehow it seemed futile, incongruous that I should try to explain
anything rational to a girl so weird as this.