"They are rather brutes, but they can't help it," she added absently, and sat down on a folding camp-stool, watching the other girl begin to undress.
The tent interior looked cosy enough, bright with red rugs on its sandy floor and a gilt-framed mirror swinging between the two narrow beds—for a second one had been put in for herself, as Sybil could not bear to be alone if Graham was no longer in the tent beside her.
"What are you afraid of specially?"
"Why, all these lions about!"
Regina laughed contemptuously.
"All these lions about! You talk as if we had been falling over lions and unable to get into our tent door for them!" she exclaimed. "As a fact, we've been here nearly two months and not seen one!"
"Yes; but that was in another camp. I do believe we've got into the districts now where they are. Regina," she added suddenly, "what does 'Hina' in Arabic mean?"
"'Hina' means 'here.'"
"I thought so; and 'henak,' what does that mean?"
"'Henak' means 'there,' 'over there,' 'at a distance.'"