"Still," she added, noting the fall in his face, "if it is gold that they need, you shall send it them.

Yes, my people shall take all that I gave you down to the coast, and there it can be put in a big canoe and carried across the water.

See to the packing of the stuff, you black dog," she said to Jeekie over her shoulder, "and when it is ready I will send it hence." Alan began to thank her, though he thought it more than probable that even if she kept her word, this bullion would never get to Old Calabar, and much less to England.

But she waived the matter aside as one in which she was not interested.
"Tell me," she asked; "would you have me other than I am?
First, do you think me beautiful ?" "Yes," answered Alan honestly, "very beautiful when you are quiet as now, not when you are dancing as you did the other night without your robes." When she understood what he meant the Asika actually blushed a little.
"I am sorry," she answered in a voice that for her was quite humble.

"I forget that it might seem strange in your eyes.