About ten o'clock in the evening
It was not yet dinner time , and the arrangements for the trip to the Springs of Moses were made . In the evening , attended by the pilot , Felix and Captain Scott went over to the town again , instructed to visit the hotels and ascertain , if they could , whether the veiled Arab was lodging at any of them . While they were absent the company in the cabin reviewed the pilgrimage of the Israelites , and the events which led to the receiving of the Law by Moses on Mount Sinai , in which the commander conducted the inquiry , and read many passages from Exodus and Numbers . About ten o'clock in the evening Captain Scott and Felix reported the result of their mission . The pilot was well acquainted with the keeper of the Hotel Suez , and the information desired had been readily obtained . A person answering to the description , though he wore no veil , had come to the hotel . He was suffering much pain from a lame shoulder , and had gone to the French hospital for treatment .