Yet we are not in specially pleasant surroundings, and such information might not come amiss." He sulked a moment over his answer, but finally relented.
"In that large hut upon the second mound." "You spoke as if Madame de Noyan were beneath the same roof, yet you saw her not.

Does the hut differ from this in being divided into rooms ?" "A partition runs through it from roof to floor.

Naladi holds court in the south room, which is decorated most lavishly with things of beauty." "Then Madame occupies the northern portion ?" "So I understood," with a sleepy yawn.

"I asked little in detail; 'twas enough for me to be assured she was well.".