As he entered the apartment where the priests were he greeted them
after the manner which was customary in Pal-ul-don, but at the
same time he made a sign with his finger that might have attracted
little attention or scarcely been noticed at all by one who knew
not its meaning. That there were those within the room who noticed
it and interpreted it was quickly apparent, through the fact that
two of the priests rose and came close to him as he stood just within
the doorway and each of them, as he came, returned the signal that
the warrior had made.
The three talked for but a moment and then the warrior turned and
left the apartment. A little later one of the priests who had talked
with him left also and shortly after that the other.
In the corridor they found the warrior waiting, and led him to
a little chamber which opened upon a smaller corridor just beyond
where it joined the larger. Here the three remained in whispered
conversation for some little time and then the warrior returned to
the palace and the two priests to their quarters.
The apartments of the women of the palace at Ja-lur are all upon
the same side of a long, straight corridor. Each has a single door
leading into the corridor and at the opposite end several windows
overlooking a garden. It was in one of these rooms that Jane slept
alone.
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