Presently we trek from this country into far-off lands.

Who knows what may happen there ?" "Yes," said my father in a solemn voice, speaking for the first time, "who knows except God, Who governs all things, and will settle these matters according to His will, Henri Marais?
Listen," he went on after a pause, for Marais made no answer, but sat himself down and stared gloomily at the table.

"You do not wish my son to marry your daughter for various reasons, of which one is that you think him poor and a richer suitor has offered himself after a reverse of fortune has made _you_ poor.

Another and a greater, the true reason, is his English blood, which you hate so much that, although by God's mercy he saved her life, you do not desire that he should share her life.

Is it not true ?" "Yes, it is true, Mynheer Quatermain.