Yet I am somewhat weary from the night, and, if you have talked enough, will seek rest to dream of Naladi, trusting she may send for me ere long.

Did you note the beauty of her eyes ?" "I marked their cruelty." "_Le Diable_! I ever admired spirit in a woman; 'tis the greater pleasure to watch them take on softer light.

In such orbs love shines the clearer, once awakened." I sat there some time in silence until he fell asleep.

Then, realizing how useless it was for me, wearily as my eyelids drooped, to strive longer in thought, I sought another robe to rest upon, and was soon happily unconscious also.
I presume some unusual noise aroused me, for as I awoke and stared about, unable at the moment to comprehend my situation, I noticed, by evidence of the sun shining through the entrance of the hut, it was already past the noon hour.

Consciousness becoming more acute, I perceived, standing barely within the shadows of the interior, the dusky figure of a warrior, unarmed, and motionless except for a gesture of the hand which seemed to command my following him.