They reached his cabin and found him there alone.

He received them affably and they conversed pleasantly, but at a certain moment he bade them hide themselves for their life, as his grandmother was coming.

They hastily concealed themselves, and immediately Ataensic entered.

Her magic insight had warned her of the presence of guests, and she had assumed the form of a beautiful girl, dressed in gay raiment, her neck and arms resplendent with collars and bracelets of wampum.

She inquired for the guests, but Ioskeha, anxious to save them, dissembled, and replied that he knew not what she meant.