[On the Irrawaddy by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookOn the Irrawaddy CHAPTER 10: The Advance 11/30
Of course, it is principally due to you.
They would never have pushed things through so quickly, had you not gone with me.
I thought that very likely I might be detained here a week, before I could get all the cattle on shore--and by that time, if all goes well, I shall be at Ramgur again. "Now we can have a comfortable evening's talk, which is very much better than my going to dine with you at mess; for there is a great deal to hear about, and I daresay that I can give you as good a dinner as we should have had, on shore." "A good deal better," Stanley said.
"Things have improved immensely, during the last month; still our mess cook is certainly not so good as your man and, at any rate, the quiet of your cabin makes a very pleasant change, after always sitting down with a large party." After dinner was over, Stanley gave a full account of his adventures, from the time that he was taken prisoner. "You have done wonderfully well for yourself, lad; wonderfully well.
Certainly when you picked up Burmese from my man, we had no idea that it was ever likely to turn out so useful.
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