He took a seat beside one of the tables and there waited.

He had not long to wait.

The curtains parted and a woman entered.

The woman who came into the room was possibly thirty-five years of age.

She was strong of frame, though not uncouth, and had keen, laughing gray eyes, heavy eyebrows and chestnut hair.
She was a half jaunty, buxom amazon, with a brazen, comrade look about her, and was evidently the proprietress of the place.