Chapter SixThe Duke spent a far more comfortable night than he had expected, because his valet Jenkins had arrived with the food and had brought what he would require for the night.
Jenkins was always invaluable in a crisis and, without asking any questions except to elicit that the Duke intended to stay in the Mission House, he procured, by some means of his own, a native bed.
It was only the usual structure of a frame on four legs with rope webbing as a support, but, when there were blankets laid on it and a pillow, it was easy for the Duke to sleep.
Before this he had sent Irisa’s servant to the hotel and he had come back with the information that among the guests there was a retired Clergyman.
The Duke then wrote a note asking the Clergyman to perform the Burial Service the followi
