Chapter 8
Caught!
IT WAS AN anti-climax to the excitement of the morning to find ourselves near a sort of sports arena, a little removed from the village onlookers, at the games that had evidently been organised for our own entertainment. In the parley after the exchange of gifts, it had been arranged that our party should next day be escorted to the place where the treasure was stored in order that Darnell, after viewing it, could decide what quantities of silks he could give in exchange. It was obvious that Kiteene, having no idea of the value of gold or coins, thought she was on the way to making a bargain in which the Amazons would secure the best of the deal. The transaction was honest enough on our part; we would be giving in exchange something much better prized and more useful to
