There was no floor save the earth, but there were rugs made from the skins of wild animals.

Hugh noticed with a thrill of excitement that among them were tiger and leopard skins.

Directly opposite the entrance stood a rough and peculiarly hewn stone, resembling in a general way the form of a man, colossal, diabolical.
"An idol," whispered Lady Tennys in awed tones.
"Perhaps it would be wisdom on our part to kneel before the thing," said Hugh calculatingly.
"I'll do anything you think best," she said reluctantly, kneeling for a moment with him before the idol.

Whereupon the chief and his attendants shouted for joy and fell upon their much-used faces.

The populace, thronging about the temple, took up the cry, and all night long they chanted praise to the living gods.