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Turan hesitated a moment in the face of almost certain discovery and then, assured that they must take him for one of their own people, heno idea of the direction in which heto arouse suspicion by further hesitation, he turned to the left and stepped briskly along the pave himself as quickly as possible beyond the observation of those nocturnal watchers He knew that the night must be far spent; and so he could not but wonder why people should sit upon their balconies when they should have been asleep aht theuests of some convivial host; but the s behind them were shrouded in darkness and utter quiet prevailed, quite upsetting such a theory And as he proceeded he passedsilently upon other balconies They paid no attention to hi Sole elbow upon the rail, their chins resting in their pal down into the street, while several that he saw held ers s

And then Turan caht, to skirt a building that jutted from the inside of the city wall, and as he rounded the corner he ca upon either side of the entrance to a building upon his right It was impossible for theave other evidence that they had seen hi-sword, but they neither challenged nor halted hiht hirounds could he explain their inaction

As Turan had passed through the gateway into the city and taken his unhindered way along the avenue, twenty warriors had entered the city and closed the gate behind the its su the avenue, while a third had crossed the street and entered one of the buildings upon the opposite side

The balance of theate, had re-entered the building from which they had been su, painted fellows, their naked figures covered now by gorgeous robes against the chill of night As they spoke of the stranger they laughed at the ease hich they had tricked hi as they threw the silks and furs to resume their broken sluuard detailed for the gate beside which they slept, and it was equally evident that the gates were guarded and the city watched rined indeed had been the Jed of Gathol had he drea so neatly tricked