You have no idea what is happening in there. Theplanks were slick and slippery with their blood. Colonel Schreuder had remarked on how avidly the Governor was lookingforward to his imminent retirement, after thirty years in the Company'sservice. The horses pricked theirears.
Now, while myshore party goes to refill the water casks, you and I can look for asuitable place to set up our Lodge. This may be the lasttime that you and I will be alone like this. With a bellow that shocked the crew with itsferocity the hippopotamus rushed at them with gaping jaws to tear thetimbers out of the boat's side. He hadvisited Katinka often enough while her husband was about his duties inthe castle.
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