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Kazounde

           Twelveorfifteenhundredothercaptivesawaitedthem,allofwhomwouldbeexposedinthemarketatKazoundeonthenextdaybutone.Thesepenswerefilledupwiththeslavesfromthecaravan.Theheavyforkshadbeentakenoffthem,buttheywerestillinchains.

           The"pagazis"hadstoppedonthesquareafterhavingdisposedoftheirloadsofivory,whichtheKazoundedealerswoulddeliver.Then,beingpaidwithafewyardsofcalicoorotherstuffatthehighestprice,theywouldreturnandjoinsomeothercaravan.

           OldTomandhiscompanionshadbeenfreedfromtheironcollarwhichtheyhadcarriedforfiveweeks.Batandhisfatherembracedeachother,andallshookhands;butnooneventuredtospeak.Whatcouldtheysaythatwouldnotbeanexpressionofdespair.Bat,ActeonandAustin,allthreevigorous,accustomedtohardwork,hadbeenabletoresistfatigue;butoldTom,weakenedbyprivations,wasnearlyexhausted.Afewmoredaysandhiscorpsewouldhavebeenleft,likepoorNan’s,asfoodforthebeastsoftheprovince.

           Assoonastheyarrived,thefourmenhadbeenplacedinanarrowpen,andthedoorhadbeenatonceshutuponthem.Theretheyhadfoundsomefood,andtheyawaitedthetrader’svisit,withwhom,althoughquiteinvain,theyintendedtourgethefactthattheywereAmericans.

           DickSandhadremainedaloneonthesquare,underthespecialcareofakeeper.

           AtlengthhewasatKazounde,wherehedidnotdoubtthatMrs.Weldon,littleJack,andCousinBenedicthadprecededhim.

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