CHAPTERXV
Lop-Eargotmarried。Itwasthesecondwinterafterouradventure-journey，anditwasmostunexpected。Hegavemenowarning。ThefirstIknewwasonetwilightwhenIclimbedtheclifftoourcave。IsqueezedintotheentranceandthereIstopped。Therewasnoroomforme。Lop-Earandhismatewereinpossession，andshewasnoneotherthanmysister，thedaughterofmystep-father，theChatterer。
Itriedtoforcemywayin。Therewasspaceonlyfortwo，andthatspacewasalreadyoccupied。Also，theyhadmeatadisadvantage，and，whatofthescratchingandhair-pullingIreceived，Iwasgladtoretreat。I
sleptthatnight，andformanynights，intheconnectingpassageofthedouble-cave。Frommyexperienceitseemedreasonablysafe。AsthetwoFolkhaddodgedoldSaber-Tooth，andasIhaddodgedRed-Eye，soitseemedtomethatIcoulddodgethehuntinganimalsbygoingbackandforthbetweenthetwocaves。
Ihadforgottenthewilddogs。TheyweresmallenoughtogothroughanypassagethatIcouldsqueezethrough。