Their attendants stopped outside the doors.
"We are going to the tailor's now," said the Hindu gentleman. "As you are
aware, we lost all our clothes except what we had on, and we must order a
new supply."
"May we go with you?" asked Louis.
"Certainly; if you desire to do so. You may find something to amuse you on
the way, as we shall walk; for we want to get our sea-legs off," replied
Sir Modava. "It is only five o'clock here, and we have two hours before
dinner-time. Ah, here is Miss Blanche."
She was followed by her servant, who was decidedly a nuisance to her,
though he retreated from her room as soon as he had put things in order,
and remained within call outside the door. Louis invited her to take a walk
with them, and she went up-stairs to consult her mother. She returned in a
few minutes, ready to go out; and she was as radiant as a fairy in her
light costume.
They passed out of the hotel; and the first thing that attracted Louis's
attention was a palanquin. It was not a new thing to the travellers, for
they had seen such conveyances in Constantinople and elsewhere.
[Illustration: "The young millionaire walked by the side of the vehicle."
--Page 155.]
"You must ride in that palanquin, Miss Blanche," said Louis; and he told
Sayad to have it brought up to the door.
It was a compartment like a box, about seven feet long, with a pair of
sliding doors at the side.
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