I know that he was set upon making this expedition, not only for the sake of the orchid, but also for some other reason of which he would not speak.

I think that the old fellow must be dead." "Very likely," answered Stephen (we had become intimate and I called him Stephen now), "a man alone among savages might easily come to grief and never be heard of again.

Hark! What's that ?" and he pointed to some gardenia bushes in the shadow of the house near by, whence came a sound of something that moved.
"A dog, I expect, or perhaps it is Hans.

He curls up in all sorts of places near to where I may be.

Hans, are you there ?" A figure arose from the gardenia bushes.
"_Ja_, I am here, Baas." "What are you doing, Hans ?" "I am doing what the dog does, Baas--watching my master." "Good," I answered.