So that danger had gone by also.
He woke his companions, who slept at his side, and very silently they rose, stepping from rock to rock till they reached the canoe and entered it.

It was not a large craft, barely big enough to hold them all indeed, but they found room, and then at a sign from Fahni the oarsmen gave way so heartily that within half an hour they had lost sight of the accursed shores of Asiki-land, although presently its mountains showed up clearly beneath the moon.
Meanwhile Fahni had told his tale.

It appeared that when he reached the bay he found the Asiki headman who dwelt there, and those under him, in a state of considerable excitement.
Rumours had reached them that someone had escaped from Bonsa Town; they thought it was the Mungana.

Fahni asked who had brought the rumour, whereon the headman answered that it came "in a dream," and would say no more.

Then he demanded the canoe which had been promised to him and his people, and the headman admitted that it was ready in accordance with orders received from the Asika, but demurred to letting him have it.