12/29 Still, it will be well for you to have the weapon. I will leave these bananas by you, and my flask of water. It is lucky, now, that I did not drink it all when I started to cross the river. It was a long march, and we must still be ten or twelve miles away from it, so I fear it will be dark long before I get there." "You are very good, sahib, but I think it will be of no use." "Oh, I hope it will! So now, give me your turban. I will wrap it tightly round your leg, for the bleeding must be stopped. |