Sha’ul did his best to avoid direct eye contact with Lara, who, so far, did not seem to recognize him inside Japhu’s body He led them into a round hut, out of the wind and chill that swept from the snow-covered mountains. The owners of the hut had left on the last caravan and the village elders had permitted him to use their dwelling as long as he cared for it.
Such a task would be easy, for there was not much to care for. A few sleeping pallets of fur skins and some carved wooden trunks and cooking utensils made up the meager furnishings, leaving plenty of space for a large fire in the center of the hut to warm it.
Sha’ul bowed to Lara and Danni when they followed him through the semicircle opening of the canvas and pole structure and showed them to their sleeping pallets o the opposite
