ONLY THE MEREST CRACK in the dark sky #owed red
like the flames of the huge fire in Nempie s camp，
around which his people were gathered. Some stood
and others squatted on their haunches.
Nempie was a tall， broad-shouldered man. His black
beard was streaked with gray， and his bushy eyebrows
overhung penetrating black eyes. He said nothing as he
three times circled the man at the stake. Still silent， he
moved closer to the fire， where the wavering light from
its flames made his eyes glisten like bits of black rock.
Nempie was feared by everyone as a hunter of great
skill and strength. Even Aton， his eldest son， at whom
he peered through the flickering fight of the fire， feared
hJrn.
Aton was dressed in skins. He was as broad and tall
as his father though his beard was not as large， and his
eyes were gray rather than black.
Ordinarily， Aton， like his brothers who were old
enough to sit at the fire， dared not look directly at his
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