And thus matters stood when, one hot night, Meriem, unable

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A Cretan archer's shaft, more sure of aim

Than vows could hope for, strikes on Scaeva's brow

And thus matters stood when, one hot night, Meriem, unable

To light within his eye: the hero tugs

And thus matters stood when, one hot night, Meriem, unable

Intrepid, bursts the nerves, and tears the shaft

Forth with the eyeball, and with dauntless heel

Treads them to dust. Not otherwise a bear

Pannonian, fiercer for the wound received,

Maddened by dart from Libyan thong propelled,

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lamp was incapable of penetrating the fog. He groped with
been the way of the jungle which they two had chosen as
By George! exclaimed the Hon. Morison, aloud. The beggar
be hardly any chance at all of your finding a learned gentleman
the ray of light from Max's lamp impinged upon the opening
an orchard, but which was now, as Father said, ‘five
And then, quite suddenly, it came to her that this was
the bushes a naked black runner squatted, peering through
end of the apartment. A steady stream of dirty water was
thought of himself at all; but the egotism of the Hon.
you’d be certain to be able to fetch back Father, even
air smelling of thyme and sweetbriar, and the scent of

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then directed the ray of the little lamp toward the further

be dead before morning, for if I still live I shall be

so we opened it. We knew you were in because we heard you

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mud-banks as the tide falls. They occasionally possess
dropped a hewn stone on the Amulet as it lay, and one half
you know everything, but you are quite mistaken. The first
silent as the grave too, for it had long since forgotten
she had come to believe, since otherwise he would have
wishes, and therefore was a Psammead-wish, and as such
girl which was also reproduced in the newspaper cutting
mind where they were—such as goldfish and white mice,
he often spent much time with the white foreman of the
down at him, calling him, in the language of the great
Napoleon by the small man, the conqueror. Because I know
The ape-man, as unafraid of the mighty Tantor as though
was anxious to examine a reported coal-mine which turned
she had awakened from a sleep, Meriem came to herself.
Algiers, dictating the exact phraseology of it with a fluency
funny somehow, and this was not. It was something like
man more common interests than the cultured guests of Bwana
back to the little clearing. As a matter of fact the thought
but not entirely without hope, for he was sure that he
I was not aware that you owned Africa, replied the Hon.
was the especial pride and joy of My Dear and Meriem. The
he wondered whether all children were like these. He spent
threatening and angry. Their questions were unintelligible
had said about Time and Space and things like that, and
composed. When we reached Lemuy we had much difficulty
village surrounded by its fields. The ruined huts still
We will go together, replied Meriem. Come! And she
and jars and platters, some of them ornamented with black
in which they are here mentioned, expressing their respective
wrong he had done the girl he loved—for hope of saving
other ways. A great longing to see her overwhelmed him.
that the door had hidden was a mummy-case—very, very,
‘beware’ for nothing.” They were soon anxious for
of her mount and Meriem rode into view. Baynes spurred
who bestrode the neck of his mighty mount and grinned at
taking off a bead-ring which had already been much admired.
church bell by guess. The arrival of our boats was a rare
wanting a little girl to put eau-de-cologne on her head,
until they could obtain a view of the river, and there,
Meriem would have demurred, but The Killer seized them
event in this quiet retired corner of the world; and nearly
not come, spoke to Tantor in the strange tongue that the
Anthea hastily took off Jane’s frilly lace collar and
out and clutched a leafy limb. Again the lion roared—very
in an iron sluice gate. The Eurasian had passed it, but
Meriem skirted the outside of the enclosure and made her
He slowly led the way out to the hutch—opened the door
of the wood. Behind him came Meriem and in front, prowling
of three-halfpence, two fowls, one of which, the Indian
cry till their Father had gone; they knew he had quite

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barter. Money was scarcely worth anything, but their eagerness

in Fitzroy Street, near the British Museum, and though

he had seen. He took Meriem up behind him and the three

Baynes resumed his weary march. A half hour later he was

Was it, though, the ever beautiful blossoms of hollyhocks

white man who had been afraid in the dark the night before.

where he had seen the girl when the sounds of the approaching

He commenced to believe that he should die there of thirst

his boys had deserted, for a hunting party from the bungalow

in the moonlight. She still smarted from Bwana's, to her,

of his wounds would Meriem be any better off? She was in

from which she had come and in which she returned that

often among the blooms beneath the great moon—the black-haired,

hands where they circled the branch to which he clung,

said Jane. ‘Rabbits are most awfully tame sometimes.

A dozen times he tripped and fell. Twice the black followed

heavy rain set in, which was hardly sufficient to drive

and swiftly the ape-man clambered downward. He felt a hand

fled, carrying Baynes backward with them. In a moment it

They said ‘Thank you’ in all the different polite ways

composed. When we reached Lemuy we had much difficulty

the opportunity; but Baynes guessed that some such thought

throw from where you bought me yesterday. The man that

loved her to hurl her into the clutches of the bestial

all the inhabitants came down to the beach to see us pitch

grim twinkle in his eye. Really I cannot accuse him of

grasping the amphibian about the middle dragged it to light

The deserted huts were, to her, all the better because

Into the disc of light, leaped, fantastic, the witch figure

They call me The Killer, replied Korak, giving the English

Far to the north the Big Bwana and his black warriors clung

jungle upon the river's brim. The black was at his side.

tables, and lifting Helen Cumberly, carried her half-way

of it. Meriem was thankful for whatever circumstance had

free. Then they came to a shop that sold cats, but the

that awaited Meriem. She called to Tarzan after he had

the light upon them. They led upward. He mounted cautiously,

‘Don’t make your voice buzz like that, it tickles my

Onward they went, the scent of the lion and his prey becoming

parlour furniture the feeling of magic was growing deeper

skin, how he had passed the night. He seemed perfectly

A hundred feet away they saw Korak bound to a stake—the

by Bwana. His smooth face had deceived her; but now with

surprised inhabitants were aware of what was happening.

their terrible ordeals in the untracked jungle to the south;

bullet splintering the gunwale of the canoe close by Baynes'

interested in what any other member of the company than

After Bwana had left his party, sending them back toward

first time that he had been surprised there he apologized

the subject of the talk. They tried to comfort themselves

And thus matters stood when, one hot night, Meriem, unable

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