Billy, strong fella too much ten fella three times." The house-boy extended the whip to him, but Billy did not take it.
Sheldon waited quietly.

The eyes of all the cannibals were fixed upon him in doubt and fear and eagerness.

It was the moment of test, whereby the lone white man was to live or be lost.
"Ten fella three times, Billy," Sheldon said encouragingly, though there was a certain metallic rasp in his voice.
Billy scowled, looked up and looked down, but did not move.
"Billy!" Sheldon's voice exploded like a pistol shot.

The savage started physically.

Grins overspread the grotesque features of the audience, and there was a sound of tittering.
"S'pose you like too much lash that fella Arunga, you take him fella Tulagi," Billy said.