CHAPTER I At sunset hour the forest was still , lonely , sweet with tang of fir and spruce , blazing in gold and red and green ; and the man who glided glide on under the great trees seemed to blend with the colors and , disappearing disappear , to have become a part of the wild woodland .

As she did so her visitor moved move quickly , so that she got but a glimpse glimpse of a white object disappearing disappear behind the table .