He must get water from a cistern in the roof and to carry the heavy jug was awkward when one could not see.

At the Tecumseh the guests were expected to carry water for themselves, and Lister, groping along the shadowy passage with his load, thought his doing so had some significance.

It was part of the price he must pay for freedom.
At the time fixed in the morning, he went to the Occidental and was shown into a room where a number of gentlemen occupied a table.

One or two were smoking and the others talked in low voices, but when Lister came in and the secretary indicated a chair they turned as if to study him.

Duveen sat next a man at the end of the table and gave Lister a nod.