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The
plank
of
safety
sank
under
her
hand
,
the
ray
of
hope
went
out
before
her
eyes
.
Tom
and
his
companions
had
left
Kazounde
for
the
lake
region
.
Not
the
least
news
of
Hercules
.
Mrs.
Weldon
was
not
sure
of
any
one
.
She
must
then
fall
back
on
Negoro
's
proposition
,
while
trying
to
amend
it
and
secure
a
definite
result
from
it
.
June
14th
,
the
day
fixed
by
him
,
Negoro
presented
himself
at
Mrs.
Weldon
's
hut
.
The
Portuguese
was
,
as
always
,
so
he
said
,
perfectly
practical
.
However
,
he
abated
nothing
from
the
amount
of
the
ransom
,
which
his
prisoner
did
not
even
discuss
.
But
Mrs.
Weldon
also
showed
herself
very
practical
in
saying
to
him
:
"
If
you
wish
to
make
an
agreement
,
do
not
render
it
impossible
by
unacceptable
conditions
.
The
exchange
of
our
liberty
for
the
sum
you
exact
may
take
place
,
without
my
husband
coming
into
a
country
where
you
see
what
can
be
done
with
a
white
man
!
Now
,
I
do
not
wish
him
to
come
here
at
any
price
!
"
After
some
hesitation
Negoro
yielded
,
and
Mrs.
Weldon
finished
with
the
concession
that
James
Weldon
should
not
venture
as
far
as
Kazounde
.
A
ship
would
land
him
at
Mossamedes
,
a
little
port
to
the
south
of
Angola
,
ordinarily
frequented
by
slave-ships
,
and
well-known
by
Negoro
.
It
was
there
that
the
Portuguese
would
conduct
James
W.
Weldon
;
and
at
a
certain
time
Alvez
's
agent
would
bring
thither
Mrs.
Weldon
,
Jack
,
and
Cousin
Benedict
.
The
ransom
would
be
given
to
those
agents
on
the
giving
up
of
the
prisoners
,
and
Negoro
,
who
would
play
the
part
of
a
perfectly
honest
man
with
James
Weldon
,
would
disappear
on
the
ship
's
arrival
.
Mrs.
Weldon
had
gained
a
very
important
point
.
She
spared
her
husband
the
dangers
of
a
voyage
to
Kazounde
,
the
risk
of
being
kept
there
,
after
paying
the
exacted
ransom
,
and
the
perils
of
the
return
.
As
to
the
six
hundred
miles
that
separated
Kazounde
from
Mossamedes
,
by
going
over
them
as
she
had
traveled
on
leaving
the
Coanza
,
Mrs.
Weldon
would
only
have
a
little
fatigue
to
fear
.
Besides
,
it
would
be
to
Alvez
's
interest
--
for
he
was
in
the
affair
--
for
the
prisoners
to
arrive
safe
and
sound
.
The
conditions
being
thus
settled
,
Mrs.
Weldon
wrote
to
her
husband
,
leaving
to
Negoro
the
care
of
passing
himself
off
as
a
devoted
servant
,
who
had
escaped
from
the
natives
.
Negoro
took
the
letter
,
which
did
not
allow
James
Weldon
to
hesitate
about
following
him
as
far
as
Mossamedes
,
and
,
the
next
day
,
escorted
by
twenty
blacks
,
he
traveled
toward
the
north
.
Why
did
he
take
that
direction
?
Was
it
,
then
,
Negoro
's
intention
to
embark
on
one
of
the
vessels
which
frequent
the
mouths
of
the
Congo
,
and
thus
avoid
the
Portuguese
stations
,
as
well
as
the
penitentiaries
in
which
he
had
been
an
involuntary
guest
?
It
was
probable
.
At
least
,
that
was
the
reason
he
gave
Alvez
.
