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She seized Nan by the wrist with a pressure of her fingers that actually hurt. "You know all dhese yoong ladies yes?" she demanded. "Dhey all coom wit' you? Huh?" "Why, yes. We all come from the same school," admitted the astonished Nan. "You know dhat girl?" asked the Mexican, pointing quickly at Rhoda. "Yes." "She do go to school wit' you all yes? Her name?" demanded the other. "Why "
A brief but animated conversation at once ensued, at the end of which Jantje turned to his employers and explained: "Dhese people say, sars, dat dhere is four, five lion in de bush yander and dhey won' go 'way, and dhey wan' to know if white gent'men be so kind as to kill dhem lion; because if dhey not be killed dhey kill de poor Kafirs' cattle.
And vhen dhey had surrendered he exchanged dhem to Matadi for slaves t'ree slaves for every white man so dat Matadi might have plenty of victims white victims dhey consider very good for de annual de annual what you call it, eh? festa." "Festival, I suppose you mean," said I, with an involuntary shudder. "And, pray, Senor Lobo, do you happen to know the date of this festival?"
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