22/26 Shall we set up a worship shop among these decidedly willing subjects ?" "But, Hugh, if we go away from the coast we cannot hope to see a white man again; these poor fellows are now, for the first time, looking upon one. Should we not stay here ?" she asked, full of fear and perplexity. Besides, we cannot live on this rock forever. It would only be a question of time until we should starve or be killed by wild beasts. I am in favor of retaining the very evident monopoly we have established in this land of nowhere." "But if they should prove treacherous ?" "There's no mistaking the honesty of their wonder. |