Hesaid:Suppose, for instance, you were elected to
the Club?
He yelled at thesight of the Europeans, whereat
more children appeared fromnowhere.
Thatcrocodile deprived of natural feeling! With a
violent effortof will Elizabeth kept her gun still for a second, and pulled
thetrigger. Ko Sla and the beaters hurried off along the edge of the jungle. Master,
master, she whimpered, will you not forgive me?
Ah but, myfriend, how gratifying to me if I should
become a member of yourEuropean Club! However, at the next two beats, Elizabeth
could hit nothing. One fell on to her hand and crawled up her forearm.
How can I goback to my village after what has
happened? But what hope have Ithat they will elect me after their minds have been
poisonedagainst me? The distance a man can shout, she saidafter
reflection.
DO tell me some more about tiger-shooting. I expect
we shall have to wait halfan hour. He put it limp and warm into
Elizabethshand.
And forsure he will raise heaven and earth to keep
me from being electedto the Club.
Her tears had ceased flowing quite
suddenly.
He could not look at her; he stood helpless, pale,
hang-dog.
Master, master, she whimpered, will you not forgive
me? It depends on what Macgregor says and what moodthe others are in. She knew the
bird was doomed evenbefore she pulled the trigger. But you must understand that I
cant promise toget you elected.
Thelight filtered, greenish, through interlacing
boughs. How can I go back, to be jeered at and pointed at by those low,stupid
peasants whom I despise? For the last time, thakin: you will not take me back? Ah
but, my friend, how discouraging iss the work of adoctor in this country! You do not
realize the influence of that man in the district.
Elizabeth watched some large, paleyellow ants
marching like soldiers over the thorns of the bush. His face was battered, gentle
and humorous. You know how to holdyour gun, and thats more than most people do when
they start.
She did not get up, but crept, wormlike, right
across the floor tohis feet. The jungles teem with game, but as often as not you
dont even geta chance to fire your gun. A large heavy bird, with flight much slower
than the others, wasflapping overhead.
The doctors emotion caused himalmost to choke. And
again, theres water everywhere, so that no animal istied down to one particular
spot.
You have not the mind of an intriguer,
MrFlory.
It was so dense, like a bramble bush extendingmile
after mile, that ones eyes were oppressed by it.
It was so dense, like a bramble bush extendingmile
after mile, that ones eyes were oppressed by it. Elizabeth watched some large,
paleyellow ants marching like soldiers over the thorns of the bush.