One went and sat near the door we had entered by.

The other vanished completely.
"Jimgrim! What do you do here at this hour ?" asked the sheikh as soon as we stood alone.
"Talk French," Grim answered.

"We can't afford to be overheard." "True, O Jimgrim! It is all your life and my position is worth for you to be detected in here in that disguise at such an hour! And who are these with you ?" "It is all your life and mosque are worth to turn us out!" Grim answered.

"When was I ever your enemy ?" "Never yet, but--what does this mean ?" "You shall know in the morning--you alone.

This man, who can neither hear nor speak, and the child with him, must stay in here tonight, and go when they choose, unquestioned." "Jimgrim, this is not a place for setting traps for criminals.
Set your watch outside, and none shall interfere with you." "'Shall the heart within be cleansed by washing hands ?'" Grim quoted, and the shiekh smiled.
"Do you mean there are criminals within the mosque?
If so, this is sanctuary, Jimgrim.