The first we have got, the second remains to
bedone. It is fortunate that you have such a strong door to keep out thewater, I
said. Yes, Baas, of course I am a brute who think of you and myself beforeI do of
others. So we went away, but I, lingering behind, examined the hole and thepin very
carefully.
They said it was against their law, Baas. He seized
them and bundledthem into the canoe like sacks of corn. So it came to this: if we
were to act at all, it must be at once. Here it is, and from his pocket heproduced
that ponderous and archaic lock-opening instrument. Then safety depends upon the
gate, Dramana? Dramana assured us indeed thatthis tree had a poisonous effect upon
all other vegetation. Surely he does notmean to leave /me/ dressed up in a brides
robe? He seized them and bundledthem into the canoe like sacks of corn.
I think alsothat I am to be sacrificed with you.
Had I doneso all would have been discovered and humanly speaking we must
haveperished.
While I did so I heard Hans chuckling
idiotically.
Rushingfrom the shed, I locked the heavy door and
sped back to the rock,which I climbed.
Yes, Baas, of course I am a brute who think of you
and myself beforeI do of others.
It is fortunate that you have such a strong door to
keep out thewater, I said. Yes, I exclaimed, the holiest of all brides, for she is
stone deadand all the dead are holy.
Out of the mouth of the cave emerged two
priests.
Next I threw in our gear andthen sprang wildly
myself, for I felt our stone turning. However, I risked it and spoke to her, though
doubtfully, for Idid not like the look of her.
Hans, you are a fool as well as a brute, for, silly
as you may be,how could I get on without you?