CHAPTERV
WithinthecavetherewassilenceexceptforthevoicesofthehagsandthescarcelyaudiblemoaningoftheFianna-Finn,butwithouttherewasadreadfuluproar,foraseachmanreturnedfromthechasehisdogscamewithhim,andalthoughthemenwentintothecavethedogsdidnot。
Theyweretoowise。
Theystoodoutside,filledwithsavageryandterror,fortheycouldscenttheirmastersandtheirmasters’danger,andperhapstheycouldgetfromthecavesmellstillthenunknownandfullofalarm。
Fromthetroopofdogstherearoseabayingandbarking,asnarlingandhowlingandgrowling,ayelpingandsquealingandbawlingforwhichnowordscanbefound。Nowandagainadognosedamongathousandsmellsandscentedhismaster;theruffofhisneckstooduplikeahog’sbristlesandanettyridgeprickledalonghisspine。Thenwithredeyes,withbaredfangs,withahoarse,deepsnortandgrowlherushedatthecave,andthenhehaltedandsneakedbackagainwithallhisrufflessmoothed,histailbetweenhislegs,hiseyesscrewedsidewaysinmiserableapologyandalarm,andalongthinwhineofwoedribblingoutofhisnose。