Chapter
13
I HAD plenty on my mind as we approached the quarters of Meeza. I think I must have felt something like a condemned man who is hoping that a higher court will order a new trial, or the governor issue him a pardon. There was about that much hope, and that was about all there was. The looks that that fellow had given me seemed to have sealed my doom, for if the thought had occurred to him, it would certainly occur to Bruma, who was looking for a victim. He kept looking at me with that funny, wild expression in his eyes; and presently he said, "I think Ogar will be pleased with you."
"I hope so," I replied.
"Right ahead of us lie the quarters of Meeza," he said. "Perhaps we shall find Bruma there."
"Well," I said, "thank you for bringing me here. If you feel you might get in t
