Now, you will doubtless be glad to retire to rest at once, for you have had a long and weary time." So saying, he led the way to a small chamber, leading out of the larger one.

Here a luxurious couch was arranged, and it was not many minutes before Roger was asleep; for he was indeed completely worn out, and was too much fatigued even to think over the strange position in which he found himself.
He woke early, for upon his journeys the caravan had always started at daybreak, so as to get as much as possible of the journey done before the heat of the day set in.

For a moment he wondered vaguely where he was, and then, as recollection returned to him, he leaped from his couch, threw back the hangings before the window, and gazed out.
Glass was unknown in Mexico, nor was it a requisite in the balmy climate of the valley.

The prospect was a charming one.

Before him lay a garden, more beautiful than any he had ever beheld.