"Pull yourself together, man, there's nothing for you to fear here.

You're quite safe." The other looked at him for a moment as if he did not recognize him.
Then, taking in the situation, he gave an uneasy laugh.
"I have had such an awful nightmare," he said.

"I thought the Chinese were after me again.

Lord! how thankful I am it's not true." Next morning George Bertram, as he called himself, left Nampoung for Bhamo, with Gregory's cheque for five hundred rupees in his pocket.
"You must take it," said that individual in reply to the other's half-hearted refusal of the assistance.

"Treat it as a loan if you like.
You can return it to me when you are in better circumstances.