32/40 She stood up on the bough, gripping it with her bare feet, and once more sprang at the one above, caught it and swung herself into it. "Do not wonder, sir," she said, "Hendrika is not like other people. She will not fall." I made no answer, but watched the progress of this extraordinary person with the most breathless interest. On she went, swinging herself from bough to bough, and running along them like a monkey. At last she reached the top, and began to swarm up a thin branch towards the ripe fruit. |