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To-morrow we Disappear into the Unknown

           OneusefulresultofhisformerexperienceswasthathecouldtalkfluentlyintheLingoaGeral,whichisthepeculiartalk,one-thirdPortugueseandtwo-thirdsIndian,whichiscurrentalloverBrazil.

           IhavesaidbeforethatLordJohnRoxtonwasaSouthAmericomaniac.Hecouldnotspeakofthatgreatcountrywithoutardor,andthisardorwasinfectious,for,ignorantasIwas,hefixedmyattentionandstimulatedmycuriosity.HowIwishIcouldreproducetheglamourofhisdiscourses,thepeculiarmixtureofaccurateknowledgeandofracyimaginationwhichgavethemtheirfascination,untileventheProfessor’scynicalandscepticalsmilewouldgraduallyvanishfromhisthinfaceashelistened.Hewouldtellthehistoryofthemightyriversorapidlyexplored(forsomeofthefirstconquerorsofPeruactuallycrossedtheentirecontinentuponitswaters),andyetsounknowninregardtoallthatlaybehinditsever-changingbanks.

           "Whatisthere?"hewouldcry,pointingtothenorth."Woodandmarshandunpenetratedjungle.Whoknowswhatitmayshelter?Andtheretothesouth?Awildernessofswampyforest,wherenowhitemanhaseverbeen.Theunknownisupagainstusoneveryside.Outsidethenarrowlinesoftheriverswhatdoesanyoneknow?Whowillsaywhatispossibleinsuchacountry?WhyshouldoldmanChallengernotberight?"AtwhichdirectdefiancethestubbornsneerwouldreappearuponProfessorSummerlee’sface,andhewouldsit,shakinghissardonicheadinunsympatheticsilence,behindthecloudofhisbriar-rootpipe.

           Somuch,forthemoment,formytwowhitecompanions,whosecharactersandlimitationswillbefurtherexposed,assurelyasmyown,asthisnarrativeproceeds.Butalreadywehaveenrolledcertainretainerswhomayplaynosmallpartinwhatistocome.

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