But the sight of the Flying-Fish and the Hen sleeping reminded him that he, too, was not really awake, so he closed his eyes and did not move again.
Smaly was able to go on unrolling the whole of the manuscript.
CHAPTER VIII
Redy and Smaly read of the childhood of the Prisoner.
They read as follows:
"THE STORY OF DJORAK
"This is what I, the Historian, have been able to discover about the life of Djorak, called The Prisoner, before he came to us. He told it to me himself before he was placed in his prison of sugar-canes.
"He is a sailor.