"Is there any European news ?" "I do not know," was the stolid reply.

"His Excellency desired me to inform you that if you cared for a short trip along the banks of the river, southward, there are a dozen boys left and some ponies.

There are plenty of lion, and rhino may be met with at one or two places which the natives know of." Dominey bathed and dressed, sipped his excellent coffee, and lounged about the place in uncertain mood.

He unburdened himself to the doctor as they drank tea together late in the afternoon.
"I am not in the least keen on hunting," he confessed, "and I feel like a horrible sponge, but all the same I have a queer sort of feeling that I'd like to see Von Ragastein again.

Your silent chief rather fascinates me, Herr Doctor.