"I was sure of it," he said.

"If George set his mind upon a thing he generally did it.

It was always so from his boyhood.

If he meant to cross the Suliman Berg he has crossed it, unless some accident overtook him, and we must look for him on the other side." Umbopa understood English, though he rarely spoke it.
"It is a far journey, Incubu," he put in, and I translated his remark.
"Yes," answered Sir Henry, "it is far.

But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it.