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'As to your future plans? asked the reporter. 'You mean to go back, I presume. 'No; London for me, if I can find a corner in it. I hold concessions in Matanga. 'The land needs development, of course. 'Machinery too; capital most of all.
Now, it is perfectly well known that the Government of Matanga pays a commission on all gold-dust brought down to the coast. We have gone into the matter carefully, and we positively assert that no commission whatever was paid in any such plunder during the two months which followed Mr. Drake's return from Boruwimi. What, then, became of it?
Gorley had come out to Matanga with a cloudy reputation winging close at his heels. There were rumours of dishonesty in the office of a private bank in Kent; his name became a sign for silence, and you were allowed to infer that Gorley's relatives had made good the deficit and so avoided a criminal prosecution.
'You have seen this? she asked. 'Yes. He remained by the door with his hand on the knob. 'And you guessed who wrote it? 'I have been told. He answered her coldly and quietly. 'I know what you think, she replied. 'But it's not true. I never told him the story. He knew it long ago before you went back to Matanga before I married him. Her voice took a pleading tone.
'The man goes vitriol-throwing with vinegar, he said. Conway picked up the Meteor. 'You are a captain, aren't you? he asked. 'The omission of the title presumes you a criminal. 'I don't object to the omission, replied Drake. 'I suppose the title belongs to me by right. But, after all, a captain in Matanga! There are more honourable titles.
Clarice saw Drake open it hurriedly, and his face cloud and harden as he glanced down the column. 'What's the matter? she asked in a rising voice. 'A rebellion in Matanga, he said slowly. 'I thought that danger was averted, and there was a distinct note of self-reproach in his tone. Clarice felt her heart beat quicker. She rose from her chair. 'What does that mean to you? she asked.
At his departure, a magic jewel was given him by Kalindí, which had the power of keeping off from the possessor of it hunger, thirst, fatigue, and other discomforts; and Matanga accompanied him for a part of the way. Walking through darkness as before, the prince at last reached the mouth of the cavern and came forth into the open air.
He watched the questions with the vigilance of a counsel on behalf of a client undergoing cross-examination, but they were directed solely to the elucidation of the disputed point whether Drake had or had not, while a captain in the service of the Matanga Republic, attacked a settlement of Arab slave-dealers within the zone of a British Protectorate.
Matanga, delighted at such a speedy fulfilment of the promise given in the vision, gladly accepted her offer, and with the approbation of his companion, was soon afterwards married to her amid great festivity.
'There's some land in Matanga which bounds my concession on the north, and I want to get hold of it. It's, I believe, quite as good, and may be better, than mine, and I know that some people are after it.
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