Well--what can I do for you ?" At that Fred cut loose.
"We want our guns before dark!" he said.

"It's the first time my character has been questioned by any government, and I say the same for my friends!" "Oh ?" said the collector, eying us strangely.
"Yes!" said Fred.
"That is so," said I.
"Entirely so," said Will.
"I have information," said the collector, tapping with a pencil on his blotter, "that you men are ivory hunters.

That you left Portuguese territory because the German consul there had to request the Portuguese government to expel you." "All easily disproved," said Fred.

"Confront us, please, with our accusers." "And that Lord Montdidier, with whom you have been traveling, became so disgusted with your conduct that he refused to land with you at this port as he at first intended!" We all three gasped.

The first thing that occurred to me, and I suppose to all of us, was to send for Monty.