"You remember how I came to be here?  You brought me, trussed up like a hen in that aeroplane harness.  Well, when the Vixen went into that pit and you went away to look over the scenery, I knew that the motor car would be along soon, so I didn't try to get away. I knew what would happen if I did.  You'd shoot!  Just as soon as the car came and I was released--the car brought in food for Lyman--I sent a man over to the cave to find Lyman.  He wasn't there. Understand?  He wasn't there."