Ayari returned to the campfire.
Suddenly he seemed startled. "Janice is here," he said.
"Yes," I said. Janice looked up at him, and Alice.
"What is it?" asked Kisu.
"I thought I saw her in the forest, a moment ago," he said. "Was she not gathering wood?"
"No," I said. I leaped to my feet. "Take me to where you think you saw her."
"It was there," said Ayari, a moment later, pointing to a space between trees.
We investigated the area. I crouched down and studied the ground in the moonlight. "I see no tracks," I said.
"Doubtless it was a trick of the lights and shadows," said Ayari.
"Doubtless," I said.
"Let us return to camp," he said.
"Yes," I said.