CHAPTER XXXI

THE PALACE OF ORLOG Engrossed with each other the Very Young Man and Aura sailed close up to the water-front of Orlog before they remembered their situation. It was the Very Young Man who first became aware of the danger. Without explanation he suddenly pulled Aura into the bottom of the boat, leaving it to flutter up into the wind unguided. "They might see us from here," he said hurriedly. "We must decide what is best for us to do now." They were then less than a quarter of a mile from the stone quay that marked t…