Not one of the men around the fire had followed her.
Several of the men standing around the fire moved to one side.
Later, as they sat on the ground around the fire and it had turned dark.
She stood up and called the women around the fire.
Then we went over and sat around the fire to eat.
The young men looked around the fire, then to the leader.
John asked, as we sat around the fire that evening.
She led the way around the fire and stopped directly in front of the old man.
He went only one summer, but some images, including sitting around a fire, never left him.
He turned his attention back to the dozen men around the fire.