"No. I am going to Singapore. I shall make my plans there."

Singapore. Elsa stirred uneasily. It would be like having a ghost by
her side. She wanted to tell him what had really drawn her interest.
But it seemed to her that the moment to do so had passed.

"Vultures! How I detest them!" She pointed toward a sand-bar upon
which stood several of these abominable birds and an adjutant, solemn
and aloof. "At Lucknow they were red-headed. I do not recollect
seeing one of them fly. But I admire the kites; they look so much like
our eagles."

"And thus again the eye misleads us. There is nothing that flies so
rapacious as the kite."

Little by little she drew from him a sketch here, a phase there. She
was given glimpses into the life of the East such as no book or guide
had ever given; and the boat was circling toward the landing at Prome
before they became aware of the time.

Warrington rushed ashore to find the dry-goods shop. His social
redemption was on the way, if vanity went for anything. It was
stirring and tingling with life again. With the money advanced by the
purser he bought shirts and collars and ties; and as he possessed no
watch, returned barely in time to dress for dinner. He was not at all
disturbed to learn that the inquisitive German, the colonel and his
fidgety charges, had decided to proceed to Rangoon by rail. Indeed,
there was a bit of exultation in his manner as he observed the vacant
chairs. Paradise for two whole days. And he proposed to make the most
of it. Now, his mind was as clear of evil as a forest spring. He