Eyes in the dark, awake and keen, See and may not themselves be seen; But--and this is the tale I tell-- What if the dark have eyes as well?
BESIDE the reeking bear's cage in which Ali Partab stood and swore was a dark, low corner space in which at one time and another sacks and useless impedimenta had been tossed, to become rat-eaten and decayed.

In among all the rubbish, cross-legged like the idol of the underworld, a nearly naked Hindoo sat, prick-eared.

He was quite invisible long before the sun went down, for that was the dingiest corner of the yard; when twilight came, he could not have been seen from a dozen feet away.
Joanna, sweeping, sweeping, sweeping, in the courtyard, with her back very nearly always turned toward the cage, appeared to take no notice of the falling darkness; unlike the other menials, who hurried to their rest and evening meal, she went on working, accomplishing very little but seeming to be very much in earnest about it all.

Very, very gradually she drew nearer to the cage.

When night fell, she was within ten feet of it.