We had to wear our shoes, for the place was paved with rough concrete and oyster-shells.
The sentry evidently heard the clumping, for he came running down after us, and caught up to us almost as soon as we reached the square.
"Eugh!" said he, for he was an Indian; and he ran in front of us, and held his musket horizontally before us.

Of course we stopped.

And then, as there was nothing else that seemed proper to do, we held out our hands and said "How ?" The sentinel took his gun in his left hand, and shook hands with us.

Then Maiden's Heart, who probably remembered that he had omitted this ceremony, also shook hands with us and said "How ?" The two Indians now began to jabber to each other, in a low voice; but we could not, of course, make out what they said, and I don't think they were able to imagine what we intended to do.

We were standing near the inner door of the great entrance-way, and into this they now marched us.
There was a lamp burning on a table.
Said Rectus: "I guess they're going to put us out of the front door;" but he was mistaken.