“I suppose Mr. Andrews knows why you have come here?” she said to her father.
They were alone in the small but comfortable sitting room that had been allotted them and from which they had a magnificent view overlooking the town and the plain beyond.
“Of course he does,” the professor replied. “But he knows very little himself. So far as I can make out we are to wait until Alexander returns.
“We have already suggested that we should ride in the morning. We English must have our exercise, you know, and the Kenchung, who seems to be the local authority, has given us permission to go anywhere within certain specified boundaries.”
“Well, that is one step in the right direction,” Vivian answered. “Did you speak to him in his own language?”
“Of course I did not,” he replied. “So I made it qu
