To have come all this way alone in search of them, unfamiliar with the customs and the language of the people! How she had succeeded in getting here without mishap was in itself remarkable.
She took Winnie's wrist in her hand and pressed it reassuringly, then puttered about in her medical bag.

Very softly she whispered: "I shall remain with you till dusk.

Give no sign whatever that you know me, for you will be watched.

To-night I will smuggle you out of the palace.

Take these, and soon pretend to be quieted." Winnie swallowed the bits of sugar and lay back.