A dog barked suddenly, not far away, and through the mist I heard the slide of sleigh-runners on snow; and then I knew.

'All right, you shits, meeting's over,' Gonko barked suddenly.

"Talaan din Gelyn," she barked suddenly, "take your station!" It was like a whip-crack!

'You!' Dariat barked suddenly.

"Well, then," he barked suddenly, like an excited terrier, "the chart gives a whole mess of islands off to the nor'west.