CHAPTER XXIX

LAMA SORCERY From my post in the chair by the window I could see two sides of the court below; that immediately opposite, with the entrance to some chambers situated there, and that on the right, with the cloisteresque arches beyond which lay a maze of old-world passages and stairs whereby one who knew the tortuous navigation might come ultimately to the Embankment. It was this side of the court which lay in deepest shadow. By altering my position quite slightly I could command a view of the arched entrance, on the…