"I talked to me ould non-coms - they was sober - an' betune me an' thim we wore the draf' over into their
tents at the proper time.
Shortly after this he was taken to a goat-skin
tent upon the upper side of the DOUAR.
Athos went up to the soldier, who pointed out the
tent to him; immediately Monk and Athos turned towards it.
So the girl passed through the gates, bearing a white flag to show she was on a mission of peace, and came to Glinda's
tent. "Tell your Queen," said the Sorceress to the girl, "that she must deliver up to me old Mombi, to be my prisoner.
As she sat there this day before The Sheik's goatskin
tent, fashioning a skirt of grasses for Geeka, The Sheik appeared suddenly approaching.
The king quitted his
tent and found his horse ready waiting for him.
the handkerchiefs became tiny
tents, and as the travelers looked at them the
tents grew bigger and bigger until in a few minutes each one was large enough to contain the entire party.
For an hour he crept about in the rear of the various huts and
tents in an effort to locate that in which his master's mate was imprisoned.
He rose, walked to and fro, put on a warm overcoat and a hat, and went out of the
tent. The night was dark and damp, a scarcely perceptible moisture was descending from above.
As Tom and Ned had no wish for a light, which would be sure to attract insects, they entered their
tent in the dark, and were soon stretched out in comparative comfort.
To remain in the
tent until she should be discovered would be to set at naught all that she had risked to gain her freedom, and so with stealthy step and every sense alert she approached the back of the
tent to set out upon the first stage of her adventure.
Often the mothers brought their fancywork and sat on the shady side of the
tent during the lesson.