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Updated: May 29, 2025
"The Queen fears to offend the English by putting European subjects to death; but she is in a savage mood just now, and your friends have intermeddled with matters that they would have been wise to let alone. Banishment is more likely to be their fate, but that will be almost equal to death." "How so?" asked Ravonino.
Her eyes were large, soft, and lustrous; her nose was straight and thin, and her mouth small, with an expression of habitual gravity which made her smile, when it came, all the more attractive. Little wonder that poor Ravonino had lost his heart to her, for, besides beauty of countenance, the girl was endowed with a sylph-like form, a sprightly disposition, and the sweet grace of humility.
When the mats were spread, and the feast was being enjoyed, Ravonino asked the host how he had got rid of the spies, and how he managed to explain his conduct without raising their suspicions. "Nothing easier," said Fisatra, while his broad shoulders heaved with an inward chuckle.
Great as had been the surprise of the watchers at this sudden and unprovoked assault, it was as nothing compared with their astonishment when they saw their guide fairly turn tail and run towards them, closely followed by the furious man, who continued to thrash him all the time. As Ravonino drew near, the angry man seemed to have exhausted himself, for he fell behind, and finally stopped.
Before he reached it a man opened the door and stepped out. Suddenly this man seemed to burst into a furious passion. He grasped Ravonino by the throat, almost threw him on his back, and, seizing a stick, began to belabour him violently, while two other men appeared at the door of the house, and, from their inordinate laughter, seemed fully to enjoy the scene.
"However," remarked Hockins, after a long talk with his comrades on this subject when Ravonino was absent, "it's none of our business what he's bin an' done to other people. What we've got to do with is the way he behaves to us, d'ee see?" "He's a trump," said Ebony, with a nod of decision. "I agree with you," said Mark; "and I only wish he was a little more communicative about himself.
All in this cave are in the same case fugitives from our tyrant queen." They reached the interior of the place as he spoke, and Ravonino, pointing to a bundle of dried ferns, bade his companions rest there until he had explained some private matters to the people.
"Do you follow them?" asked Soa of Ravonino, when the others had all gone and they were about to part. "No. My companions will come here expecting to find me if they escape. I must remain, whatever befalls. If the soldiers come, I will see them before they arrive, and give them the slip. If they give chase they will find it troublesome to catch me!"
As Ravonino glanced quickly round, he saw that the only hope was to turn and run. They evidently had not been perceived, but what probability was there that the two trembling girls beside him could escape by such means? "We must fly, dear one," he said, in desperation, putting his arm round Rafaravavy's waist. "I cannot run," she said, while a look of resignation settled on her face.
That afternoon they arrived at their new abode a large, dry cavern the entrance to which was not only well concealed on the face of a cliff in the heart of a dense jungle, but so difficult of access that a mere handful of men might easily have maintained it against a host. Here Ravonino made no further delay than was necessary to see the party fairly settled.
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