Early as it was, men with water skins were at work among the clumps of flowers and shrubs, that covered the ground wherever there was a break among the trees.

Here and there were small pavilions, whose roofs of sculptured stone were supported by shafts of marble.

The foliage of shrubs and trees alike was new to Dick, and the whole scene delighted him.

Half an hour later, his two cousins joined him.
"We wondered what had become of you," Doast said, "and should not have found you, if Rajbullub had not told us that he saw you come out here.
"Come in, now.

Coffee is ready.