When he saw her close enough to touch it, Oolanga stepped forward from his concealment, and spoke in a whisper, which through the gloom sounded like a hiss.
"I want to see you, missy--soon and secret." "What do you want ?" "You know well, missy; I told you already." She turned on him with blazing eyes, the green tint in them glowing like emeralds.
"Come, none of that.

If there is anything sensible which you wish to say to me, you can see me here, just where we are, at seven o'clock." He made no reply in words, but, putting the backs of his hands together, bent lower and lower till his forehead touched the earth.

Then he rose and went slowly away.
Adam Salton, from his hiding-place, saw and wondered.

In a few minutes he moved from his place and went home to Lesser Hill, fully determined that seven o'clock would find him in some hidden place behind Diana's Grove.
At a little before seven Adam stole softly out of the house and took the back-way to the rear of Diana's Grove.

The place seemed silent and deserted, so he took the opportunity of concealing himself near the spot whence he had seen Oolanga trying to investigate whatever was concealed behind the iron door.