He woke up and smiled, screwing up his eyes at the light.
"What is it, Dio? Sleep, I am well."
"No, Enra, we mustn't sleep, get up. Mahu has come and says he must see you."
"Mahu? What for?" he asked, looking at her attentively and half-rising from the couch.
"He will hear it at once in any case," she thought and said:
"There is a riot in the town."
"And Tuta is coming with his army?" he guessed: he must have heard something before. "Why haven't I been told sooner? Though it is better so—all at once."
He spoke calmly, and, as it were, thoughtfully.
"Where is Mahu?"
"Shall I call him?"