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Those Were the Real Conquests

           WasthistheluxuriousLordJohnRoxtonwhohadsatthateveningintheAlbanyamidsthisPersianrugsandhispicturesinthepinkradianceofthetintedlights?AndwasthistheimposingProfessorwhohadswelledbehindthegreatdeskinhismassivestudyatEnmorePark?And,finally,couldthisbetheaustereandprimfigurewhichhadrisenbeforethemeetingattheZoologicalInstitute?NothreetrampsthatonecouldhavemetinaSurreylanecouldhavelookedmorehopelessandbedraggled.Wehad,itistrue,beenonlyaweekorsouponthetopoftheplateau,butallourspareclothingwasinourcampbelow,andtheoneweekhadbeenasevereoneuponusall,thoughleasttomewhohadnottoendurethehandlingoftheape-men.Mythreefriendshadalllosttheirhats,andhadnowboundhandkerchiefsroundtheirheads,theirclotheshunginribbonsaboutthem,andtheirunshavengrimyfaceswerehardlytoberecognized.BothSummerleeandChallengerwerelimpingheavily,whileIstilldraggedmyfeetfromweaknessaftertheshockofthemorning,andmyneckwasasstiffasaboardfromthemurderousgripthatheldit.Wewereindeedasorrycrew,andIdidnotwondertoseeourIndiancompanionsglancebackatusoccasionallywithhorrorandamazementontheirfaces.

           Inthelateafternoonwereachedthemarginofthelake,andasweemergedfromthebushandsawthesheetofwaterstretchingbeforeusournativefriendssetupashrillcryofjoyandpointedeagerlyinfrontofthem.

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