When
you meet Captain Stump, please tell him."
"Excellent!" agreed her grandfather, who now heard of the "arrangement"
for the first time. "Really, Irene, you put things so admirably that I
hardly recognize my own crude thoughts. Well, as that is settled, let
us go straight to the Governor's house. One of these black gentlemen
will pilot us."
While Fenshawe was airing his Arabic in selecting a guide from fifty
volunteers, Dick gave instructions to the boat's crew. Mrs. Haxton,
seeing that Irene was all eyes for her new and strange surroundings,
read von Kerber a much-needed lecture.
"For goodness' sake gather your wits," she murmured. "You will arouse
general suspicion by your foolish precautions. Now listen. Before five
o'clock let us all gather at the hotel for tea. Slip away on some
pretext, and go instantly to the Elephant Mosque. It is in the main
street, three hundred yards to the left of the hotel. I shall join you
there if possible, but, in any event, you'll meet Abdullah. And,
whatever you do, stop this nonsense about proceeding in secret.
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