| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 18 | 186 | This shelter would View more quotes about protect">protect them from arrows, should they come, from the forest, and, by means of the fires, should discourage the too-close approach of either panthers or sleen, which animals, in any case, seldom leave the forest, seldom prowl on the beach. |
| 18 | 187 | It was growing dark. |
| 18 | 188 | It was doubtless for that reason that the palisade was not closed. |
| 18 | 189 | Leading from the open side of the palisade to the great beacon was a column of pairs of fires. |
| 18 | 190 | By means of these, protected by their flames, in case animals should approach too closely, the great beacon could be fed. |
| 18 | 191 | I could not well fire into the palisade without approaching near the water, without leaving the shelter of the forest. |
| 18 | 192 | Moreover, I was not interested in doing so. |