The Slayer of Souls. Robert W. Chambers

a smile, "Who is Erlik?"

      "The Mongols' Satan."

      "Oh! So these Yezidees are devil-worshipers!"

      "They are more. They are actually devils."

      "You don't really believe that even in unexplored China there exists such a creature as a real sorcerer, do you?" he inquired, smilingly.

      "I don't wish to talk of it."

      To his surprise her face had flushed, and he thought her sensitive mouth quivered a little.

      He watched her in silence for a moment; then, leaning a little way across the table:

      "Where are you going when the show here closes?"

      "To my boarding-house."

      "And then?"

      "To bed," she said, sullenly.