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Updated: May 27, 2025
Otherwise he spoke and wrote trade-English a toothsome amalgam of Americanisms and epigrams. But though the slang changes the game never alters, and Ollyett and I and, in the end, some others enjoyed it immensely. But we did not neglect Huckley. As Ollyett said our first care was to create an 'arresting atmosphere' round it.
Walker sprang forward and caught a naked shoulder with one hand, a naked arm with the other. "Wait a bit, Dick Hatteras," he said. There was a low cry, and then a husky voice addressed him respectfully as "Daddy" in trade-English. "That won't do, Dick," said Walker. The voice babbled more trade-English.
"Well, what is it?" asked Walker, as he laid down his banjo and felt for a match in his pocket. It seemed as though the words roused the man to a perception that he had made a mistake. He said as much hurriedly in trade-English, and sprang up as though he would leap from the boat. Walker caught hold of his ankle. "No, you don't," said he, "you must have meant to visit me.
The witch doctor was prepared to explain to Walker how to conciliate Tando. Walker replied that it was very kind of the witch doctor but Tando didn't really worry him. He was, in fact, very much more worried by an inability to understand how a native so high up the Ogowé River had learned how to speak trade-English.
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