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From
where
we
lay
we
could
look
down
a
brown
aisle
,
arched
with
green
,
formed
by
the
trunks
and
branches
.
Along
this
a
party
of
the
ape-men
were
passing
.
They
went
in
single
file
,
with
bent
legs
and
rounded
backs
,
their
hands
occasionally
touching
the
ground
,
their
heads
turning
to
left
and
right
as
they
trotted
along
.
Their
crouching
gait
took
away
from
their
height
,
but
I
should
put
them
at
five
feet
or
so
,
with
long
arms
and
enormous
chests
.
Many
of
them
carried
sticks
,
and
at
the
distance
they
looked
like
a
line
of
very
hairy
and
deformed
human
beings
.
For
a
moment
I
caught
this
clear
glimpse
of
them
.
Then
they
were
lost
among
the
bushes
.
"
Not
this
time
,
"
said
Lord
John
,
who
had
caught
up
his
rifle
.
"
Our
best
chance
is
to
lie
quiet
until
they
have
given
up
the
search
.
Then
we
shall
see
whether
we
ca
n't
get
back
to
their
town
and
hit
'em
where
it
hurts
most
.
Give
'em
an
hour
and
we
'll
march
.
"
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We
filled
in
the
time
by
opening
one
of
our
food
tins
and
making
sure
of
our
breakfast
.
Lord
Roxton
had
had
nothing
but
some
fruit
since
the
morning
before
and
ate
like
a
starving
man
.
Then
,
at
last
,
our
pockets
bulging
with
cartridges
and
a
rifle
in
each
hand
,
we
started
off
upon
our
mission
of
rescue
.
Before
leaving
it
we
carefully
marked
our
little
hiding-place
among
the
brush-wood
and
its
bearing
to
Fort
Challenger
,
that
we
might
find
it
again
if
we
needed
it
.
We
slunk
through
the
bushes
in
silence
until
we
came
to
the
very
edge
of
the
cliff
,
close
to
the
old
camp
.
There
we
halted
,
and
Lord
John
gave
me
some
idea
of
his
plans
.
"
So
long
as
we
are
among
the
thick
trees
these
swine
are
our
masters
,
"
said
he
.
"
They
can
see
us
and
we
can
not
see
them
.
But
in
the
open
it
is
different
.
There
we
can
move
faster
than
they
.
So
we
must
stick
to
the
open
all
we
can
.
The
edge
of
the
plateau
has
fewer
large
trees
than
further
inland
.
So
that
's
our
line
of
advance
.
Go
slowly
,
keep
your
eyes
open
and
your
rifle
ready
.
Above
all
,
never
let
them
get
you
prisoner
while
there
is
a
cartridge
left
--
that
's
my
last
word
to
you
,
young
fellah
.
"
When
we
reached
the
edge
of
the
cliff
I
looked
over
and
saw
our
good
old
black
Zambo
sitting
smoking
on
a
rock
below
us
.
I
would
have
given
a
great
deal
to
have
hailed
him
and
told
him
how
we
were
placed
,
but
it
was
too
dangerous
,
lest
we
should
be
heard
.
The
woods
seemed
to
be
full
of
the
ape-men
;
again
and
again
we
heard
their
curious
clicking
chatter
.
At
such
times
we
plunged
into
the
nearest
clump
of
bushes
and
lay
still
until
the
sound
had
passed
away
.
Our
advance
,
therefore
,
was
very
slow
,
and
two
hours
at
least
must
have
passed
before
I
saw
by
Lord
John
's
cautious
movements
that
we
must
be
close
to
our
destination
.
He
motioned
to
me
to
lie
still
,
and
he
crawled
forward
himself
.
In
a
minute
he
was
back
again
,
his
face
quivering
with
eagerness
.
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"
Come
!
"
said
he
.
"
Come
quick
!
I
hope
to
the
Lord
we
are
not
too
late
already
!
"
I
found
myself
shaking
with
nervous
excitement
as
I
scrambled
forward
and
lay
down
beside
him
,
looking
out
through
the
bushes
at
a
clearing
which
stretched
before
us
.
It
was
a
sight
which
I
shall
never
forget
until
my
dying
day
--
so
weird
,
so
impossible
,
that
I
do
not
know
how
I
am
to
make
you
realize
it
,
or
how
in
a
few
years
I
shall
bring
myself
to
believe
in
it
if
I
live
to
sit
once
more
on
a
lounge
in
the
Savage
Club
and
look
out
on
the
drab
solidity
of
the
Embankment
.
I
know
that
it
will
seem
then
to
be
some
wild
nightmare
,
some
delirium
of
fever
.
Yet
I
will
set
it
down
now
,
while
it
is
still
fresh
in
my
memory
,
and
one
at
least
,
the
man
who
lay
in
the
damp
grasses
by
my
side
,
will
know
if
I
have
lied
.