Said Hitani waited for Mrs. Shiffney's answer with a slightly judicial air, moving his head as if in approval of the tarah-player's forethought.
"I'm afraid they can't."
The tarah-player spoke again.
"He says, can they go on donkeys?"
"No. It is further than Paris, tell him."
"Then they must go on the sea. Paris is across the sea."
"Yes, they will have to take a steamer."
At this juncture it was found that the tarah-player would not be of the party.
"He says he would be very sick, and no man can play when he is sick."
"What will Madame pay?" interposed Said Hitani.