"If I had put a bullet into the brute, so that I could have said I helped to kill him, I should have liked the head to get it preserved and sent home to my people, but as it is the natives are welcome to it as far as I am concerned." Richards was of the same opinion, and so without further delay they started back for the village, where, upon their arrival, they were greeted with cries of joy by the women, the news having already been carried back by a boy.
"Poor beggars!" the Doctor said.

"They have been living a life of terror for weeks.

They must feel as if they had woke from a nightmare.

Now, lads, we will have some supper.

I dare say you are ready for it, and I am sure I am." "Is there any chance for supper, Doctor ?--why, it must be two o'clock in the morning." "Of course there is," the Doctor replied.