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The Interior of a Factory

           AstoDickSand,asHarrisandNegorowerenolongertheretotorturehim,shehopedthathisbeingawhitemanwouldperhapssparehimsomebadtreatment.AstoNan,Tom,Bat,Austin,andActeon,theywereblacks,anditwastoocertainthattheywouldbetreatedassuch.Poorpeople!whoshouldneverhavetroddenthatlandofAfrica,andwhomtreacheryhadjustcastthere.

           WhenIbnHamis’scaravanhadarrivedatKazounde,Mrs.Weldon,havingnocommunicationwiththeouterworld,couldnotknowofthefact:neitherdidthenoisesfromthelakonitellheranything.ShedidnotknowthatTomandhisfriendshadbeensoldtoatraderfromOujiji,andthattheywouldsoonsetout.SheneitherknewofHarris’spunishment,norofKingMoiniLoungga’sdeath,noroftheroyalfuneralceremonies,thathadaddedDickSandtosomanyothervictims.SotheunfortunatewomanfoundherselfaloneatKazounde,atthetrader’smercy,inNegoro’spower,andshecouldnoteventhinkofdyinginordertoescapehim,becauseherchildwaswithher.

           Mrs.Weldonwasabsolutelyignorantofthefatethatawaitedher.HarrisandNegorohadnotaddressedawordtoherduringthewholejourneyfromtheCoanzatoKazounde.Sinceherarrival,shehadnotseeneitherofthemagain,andshecouldnotleavetheenclosurearoundtherichtrader’sprivateestablishment.IsitnecessarytosaynowthatMrs.Weldonhadfoundnohelpinherlargechild,CousinBenedict?Thatisunderstood.

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