CHAPTER 10: News From The Coast.
It was with a feeling of pleasure and relief that, after some hours, Roger saw the hangings drawn aside, and Cacama enter.
"Come, my friend, the council is over, and you may return with me." Cacama was evidently anxious to be off at once, and Roger followed him without a question.

One of the pages of the palace led the way through a long series of passages, and at last Roger found himself outside the palace, where a door opened into a canal.

Here Cacama's boat was lying.

The young king and Roger took their seats, and the canoe dashed off at once.
"It has been a hard fight in the council," Cacama said.

"No two men were of the same opinion.