Highland second sight, carried somewhat farther, and united with the power of conveying the impressions to others, would account for the pictures on the smoke, that is, supposing them to be true, and personally I own that I expect they will prove to be true--unlikely as it may seem that you, I, and Miss Hannay will ever be going about in native attire." By this time they had reached the Doctor's bungalow, and had comfortably seated themselves.
"There is one thing that flashed across me this evening," Bathurst said.
"I told you, that first evening I met Miss Hannay, that I had a distinct knowledge of her face.

You laughed at me at the time, and it certainly seemed absurd, but I was convinced I was not wrong.

Now I know how it was; I told you at dinner today about the feat of the girl going up and not coming down again; but I did not tell you--for you can understand it is a thing that I should not care to talk much about--that he showed me a picture like those we saw tonight.
"It was a house standing in a courtyard, with a high wall round it.

I did not particularly observe the house.

It was of the ordinary native type, and might, for anything I know, be the house in the middle of this station used as a courthouse by Hunter, and for keeping stores, and so on.