With the first gulp I felt life flow back into me.

But wisely enough she would not let me have much.

"No more! no more!" she said, and dragged the bottle from me almost by force.
"The child," I said--"is the child dead ?" "I do not know yet," she answered.

"We have only just found you, and I tried to revive you first." I turned and crept to where Tota lay by the side of Indaba-zimbi.

It was impossible to say if they were dead or swooning.