There has been a great stir about it.

Every house in the town has been searched, and every guard boat on the river has been warned to allow no boat to pass, without assuring themselves that he is not on board." "This was a brown man, like ourselves, clad only in a petticoat of rough cloth, like other peasants." "He may have dyed his skin," the officer said.

"At any rate, we will stay until he returns, and question him.

Two of my men shall take their places just inside the entrance, and seize him as he enters.

Has he arms ?" "None, save his knife and the stick with which he kills the snakes.
It may be that he has seen you coming hither and, if he has committed any crime, he would flee, and not return here at all." "If he does not come back before it is the hour when I must return to the town, I shall leave four men to watch for him; and they will wait here, if it is for a week, until he comes back again." "You can do as you please," the priest said, "only I pray you withdraw your men from the neighbourhood of this cell.