Of course, he said, I might succeed where he failed, using influence and all that sort of thing, but he assured me Leopold was hard to deal with, and difficult to tie down.

His advice was, go back to Elgon, and hunt for the stuff there." "That's what he kept advising us," said Will.

"But why should he give away his information free?
And if it's good, where did he get it ?" "Courtney's no dog in the manger," Monty answered.

"He told me of this man Schillingschen.

Said he had sent in a report about him to the Home Government, but couldn't for the life of him get documentary evidence with which to back up his charges." Will whistled, and drew out the diary he had rescued from the tin box.
Fred nodded.