They never had complete confidence even in my friendly natives.

Naturally we were inseparable, we three.

We went for long rambles together, and daily inspected our quaint little corn- garden.

At first my charming companions evinced the most embarrassing gratitude for what I had done, but I earnestly begged of them never even to mention the word to me.

The little I had done, I told them, was my bare and obvious duty, and was no more than any other man worthy of the name, would have done.
In our more hopeful moments we would speak of the future, and these poor girls would dwell upon the thrill of excitement that would go all through the civilised world, when their story and mine should first be made known to the public.
For they felt certain their adventures were quite unique in the annals of civilisation, and they loved to think they would have an opportunity of "lionising" me when we should return to Europe.