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I want to be carried into the verandah. I shall be very angry. Take me up." A man's voice answered, subdued, in humble remonstrance. The faces of Almayer and Lingard brightened at once. The old seaman called out "Bring the child. Lekas!" "You will see how she has grown," exclaimed Almayer, in a jubilant tone. Through the curtained doorway Ali appeared with little Nina Almayer in his arms.
I found the path, but it was so overgrown with creepers, parasites, and rubber-vines that I had almost to cut a new one. Had it not been for the company of a small English terrier, Lekas, the Malay for "make haste," I believe I should have turned back.
From the moment I left the water, but a few seconds had elapsed and the saurian was not two yards from me. The abject horror and hopelessness of that moment was something I can never forget. Suddenly Lekas came floundering through the mud; a second more, and he perceived my enemy when almost within reach of his jaws. Barking furiously, Lekas began to back away.
However, I found the old workings, and spent several hours making calculations as to their depth and course, taking notes as to the country formation, and assaying some bits of refuse quartz. Rather than struggle back by the path, I determined to follow the course of a stream that went through the mines and on toward the coast. So I whistled for Lekas and started on.
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