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Those Were the Real Conquests

           Facedbyferociouscreatureswhichtheyhadneverbeforeseen,theytookrefugeinthecaveswhichouryoungfriendhasdescribed,buttheyhavenodoubthadabitterfighttoholdtheirownagainstwildbeasts,andespeciallyagainsttheape-menwhowouldregardthemasintruders,andwageamercilesswaruponthemwithacunningwhichthelargerbeastswouldlack.Hencethefactthattheirnumbersappeartobelimited.Well,gentlemen,haveIreadyoutheriddlearight,oristhereanypointwhichyouwouldquery?"

           ProfessorSummerleeforoncewastoodepressedtoargue,thoughheshookhisheadviolentlyasatokenofgeneraldisagreement.LordJohnmerelyscratchedhisscantylockswiththeremarkthathecouldn’tputupafightashewasn’tinthesameweightorclass.FormyownpartIperformedmyusualroleofbringingthingsdowntoastrictlyprosaicandpracticallevelbytheremarkthatoneoftheIndianswasmissing.

           "Hehasgonetofetchsomewater,"saidLordRoxton."Wefittedhimupwithanemptybeeftinandheisoff."

           "Totheoldcamp?"Iasked.

           "No,tothebrook.It’samongthetreesthere.Itcan’tbemorethanacoupleofhundredyards.Butthebeggariscertainlytakinghistime."

           "I’llgoandlookafterhim,"saidI.Ipickedupmyrifleandstrolledinthedirectionofthebrook,leavingmyfriendstolayoutthescantybreakfast.

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