Doubtless she had brought them here to scare and impress them.

Presently a voice, that of some hidden priest, would speak to them, and they would be asked to believe it a message from the spirit world, or a spirit itself might be arranged--what could be easier in their mood and these surroundings?
Now the Asika was speaking behind them in a muffled voice.

From the tone of it she appeared to be engaged in argument or supplication in some strange tongue.

At any rate Alan could not understand a word of what she said.

The argument, or prayer, went on for a long while, with pauses as though for answers.