Bravo. Thibby is an extremely intriguing character judging by his contributions to the conversation.

The begining was a little confusing between Abner, Robert Thoreaux and the frenchman in just a few sentenes. I wasn't sure who or where i was.

Also, beware the extraneous adjective. Mos tcan be cut and to great effect.

For example:
it contained a thin lithe figure sitting cross-legged in front of a small cracked mirror.

Could be:
it contained a lithe figure sitting cross-legged in front of a mirror who's glass was split by a jagged crack.

Not a very good example but the point is, lithe implies thin therefore thin is not necesary. The description of the miror breaks the pattern of having too many something somethings (adjective noun; jagged crack; lithe figure) in one sentence.

What do you think?