She led the girl by the hand from the hut, and out to the street.

From the hut behind them they had heard a single shot.

I must return before they miss me from my hut.

A second, then a third woman stepped from the hut.

She heard him walk from the hut, and then a strange voice.

He must be driven from his hut and never allowed back.

The next moment she turned and hurried from the hut.

When they emerged from the hut, she looked around for the brother who had shown them in.

"Three down from the long hut where we all danced."

Almost as he spoke a long flame shot up from the hut.