[!-- Chapter 9 --]VIII
AWAKENING AT AHAGGAR
It was broad daylight when I opened my eyes. I thought at once of Morhange. I could not see him, but I heard him, close by, giving little grunts of surprise.
I called to him. He ran to me.
"Then they didn't tie you up?" I asked.
"I beg your pardon. They did. But they did it badly; I managed to get free."
"You might have untied me, too," I remarked crossly.
"What good would it have done? I should only have waked you up. And I thought that your first word would be to call me. There, that's done."
I reeled as I tried to stand on my feet.