The philosophy of careless, frivolous resignation could not satisfy her strong vitality, still less her stronger feelings of hatred against her enemies.

She felt that there might be a bare possibility of saving her companion; and the wish to save herself at the same time, and in the very teeth as it were of the Koshare, grew stronger and stronger.

It waxed to an intense longing for life and revenge.

But what was to be done?
There was the riddle, and to solve it she thought and thought.

Shotaye became oblivious of all around her, completely absorbed in her musings.
It thus escaped her notice that the curtain over the doorway had been cautiously lifted several times, and that a human face had peered into the apartment.