He is a stranger, and comes of a race unknown to me but, as you said, it matters not to me who he is; suffice that he is a friend of yours.

He is welcome to a share of my shelter, and my food; though the shelter is rough, and the food somewhat scanty.

Of late few, indeed, have sought me for, as I hear, most of the men have gone down to the war." "I have brought you some food," the officer said; for Stanley had observed that he also carried a bundle, a larger one than his own.
"Here is a supply of rice, that will last for some time; and this, with your offerings, will suffice to keep things going.

My friend is not, like you, bound by his religion not to take life; and I know that snakes are very plentiful round here." Snakes had formed a frequent article of his diet, since he had been captured; and Stanley had lost the repugnance to them that he at first felt, so the prospect of their forming the staple of his food was not disagreeable to him.

It would also afford him some employment to search for and kill them.
"I shall be well content," he said, "with anything that I can get, and trust that I shall be no burden upon you." "You will assuredly be none," the priest replied.