It was hard to have to wait till dawn.
As for Corrus and Dulnop, they even went so far as to search the
heaps of stone in the mineral yards, although neither really
expected to find what they sought.
But the four on the earth, not being able to do anything further
until morning, proceeded to make themselves at home in the doctor's
house. Smith and the doctor slept together, likewise Billie and Mrs.
Kinney; Van Emmon occupied the guest-room in lonely grandeur. When
he came down to breakfast he said he had dreamed that he was Corrus,
and that he had burned himself on a blazing cow.
Again in the trance state, the four found that Rolla and Cunora,
after reaching an understanding with Corrus and Dulnop, had already
left their huts in search of the required stone. Five bees
accompanied them. Within a few minutes however, Corrus and Dulnop
set out together in the opposite direction, as agreed upon; and
shortly the guards were withdrawn. This meant that the holiday was
officially sanctioned, so long as the two couples kept apart; but if
they were to join forces afterward, and be caught in the act, they
would be severely punished.
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