I would go into that grave ten times rather than tell you what you want to know!" "There are worse places than the grave!" he said, beginning to leer savagely.

His eyes glittered.

He could scarcely find patience for argument.

The thin veneer of his first mock-friendliness was gone utterly.
"I imagine that German colonial life is far worse than death," said I.
"German will be the only rule in Africa," he answered.

"You fools of English have set your hopes on the Christian missionary.