There is a reference to the journal my father kept, with the statement that it was safely hidden; but then follows a reference to a Garden of Rest, to certain people who protected him, and to a slave-trader who did him an injury.

These references to me are a mystery; but what is clear is his desire to have his journal recovered from the Arab slave-dealer, described merely as 'The Wolf.'" "And that is why you wish to go to Central Africa ?" "That is why, Venning.

I must recover my father's journal if it exists; I must, if it is not too late, find out how he died; I must find out who are the wild people, and what is the Garden of Rest." "The Garden of Rest! That sounds peaceful, but it is very vague, Dick, as a direction.

A garden in a forest hundreds of miles in length will take some finding." "I have a clue." "So." "There is mention of the 'gates' to the garden, whose summits 'are in the clouds'-- twin mountains, I take it." "Even so, Dick, I think I should have more chance of finding my new animal than you would have of hitting off your garden." "Well, you know now why I have been studying Arabic.

I have a little money, and no ties." "Like me.