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"

Jim

took

the

note

and

went

,

and

that

is

all

I

know

about

your

brother

,

Sir

Henry

;

but

I

am

much

afraid

--

"

"

Mr.

Quatermain

,

"

said

Sir

Henry

,

"

I

am

going

to

look

for

my

brother

;

I

am

going

to

trace

him

to

Suliman

's

Mountains

,

and

over

them

if

necessary

,

till

I

find

him

,

or

until

I

know

that

he

is

dead

.

Will

you

come

with

me

?

"

I

am

,

as

I

think

I

have

said

,

a

cautious

man

,

indeed

a

timid

one

,

and

this

suggestion

frightened

me

.

It

seemed

to

me

that

to

undertake

such

a

journey

would

be

to

go

to

certain

death

,

and

putting

other

considerations

aside

,

as

I

had

a

son

to

support

,

I

could

not

afford

to

die

just

then

.

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"

No

,

thank

you

,

Sir

Henry

,

I

think

I

had

rather

not

,

"

I

answered

.

"

I

am

too

old

for

wild-goose

chases

of

that

sort

,

and

we

should

only

end

up

like

my

poor

friend

Silvestre

.

I

have

a

son

dependent

on

me

,

so

I

can

not

afford

to

risk

my

life

foolishly

.

"

Both

Sir

Henry

and

Captain

Good

looked

very

disappointed

.

"

Mr.

Quatermain

,

"

said

the

former

,

"

I

am

well

off

,

and

I

am

bent

upon

this

business

.

You

may

put

the

remuneration

for

your

services

at

whatever

figure

you

like

in

reason

,

and

it

shall

be

paid

over

to

you

before

we

start

.

Moreover

,

I

will

arrange

in

the

event

of

anything

untoward

happening

to

us

or

to

you

,

that

your

son

shall

be

suitably

provided

for

.

You

will

see

from

this

offer

how

necessary

I

think

your

presence

.

Also

if

by

chance

we

should

reach

this

place

,

and

find

diamonds

,

they

shall

belong

to

you

and

Good

equally

.

I

do

not

want

them

.

But

of

course

that

promise

is

worth

nothing

at

all

,

though

the

same

thing

would

apply

to

any

ivory

we

might

get

.

You

may

pretty

well

make

your

own

terms

with

me

,

Mr.

Quatermain

;

and

of

course

I

shall

pay

all

expenses

.

"

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"

Sir

Henry

,

"

said

I

,

"

this

is

the

most

liberal

proposal

I

ever

had

,

and

one

not

to

be

sneezed

at

by

a

poor

hunter

and

trader

.

But

the

job

is

the

biggest

I

have

come

across

,

and

I

must

take

time

to

think

it

over

.

I

will

give

you

my

answer

before

we

get

to

Durban

.

"

"

Very

good

,

"

answered

Sir

Henry

.

Then

I

said

good-night

and

turned

in

,

and

dreamt

about

poor

long-dead

Silvestre

and

the

diamonds

.

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