1 So saying, he pointed successively to two corners of the hut.
2 After exchanging a mute glance or two, the hermit went to the further side of the hut, and opened a hutch, which was concealed with great care and some ingenuity.
3 She saw a secret little clearing, and a secret little hut made of rustic poles.
4 So she sat in the doorway of the hut in a dream, utterly unaware of time and of particular circumstances.
5 And once there, she went towards the hut.
6 Then he hitched up his jacket, and put his hand in his breeches pocket, taking out the key of the hut.
7 'The hut's not very tidy, if you don't mind,' he said.
8 She went fairly often to the hut, in the morning or in the afternoon, but he was never there.
9 Connie found corn in the corn-bin in the hut.
10 And closing his hand softly on her upper arm, he drew her up and led her slowly to the hut, not letting go of her till she was inside.
11 Then she went to the door of the hut.
12 He locked the door of the hut and came after her.
13 She opened the hut with her key.
14 He glanced quickly at the hut, half-saluted, then veered aside and went on to the coops.
15 He went to the hut, and wrapped himself in the blanket and lay on the floor to sleep.