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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill They were still some distance from Kabunda's, not less than three days' journey, as Swali reckoned, in the present state of the country, for the road was even worse ahead. He sent off one of the carriers to the nearest village to borrow a couple of hoes, and then set about what was necessary, ordering Chapenga to help him, which Chapenga did with shuddering reluctance. It was not the first time, by any means, that he had seen death; but it had never, so to say, come home to him before. He was afraid of the rigid figure and white face, like a wax mask; and, moreover, he was filled with a vague dread on his own account. He knew very well that he had lost a protector, and knew also that he was not a favourite with Swali. True, Swali was not Saidi, and had neverbeen really unkind to him; but And in the meantime there was this dreadful, still presence, and Swali ordering him about with grim brevity. He did not like it. Swali washed the body, and dressed it in a clean shirt and. drawers, and laid aside the little personal belongings ? the seal-ring and the jewelled dagger that Omar had worn in his sash and the rest?to be handed over to Omar's kinsman, AH bin Majid at Ujiji. When all was finished, he put the things into a box, and sealed it with Omar's seal, which he kept on his finger in the meantime. Chapenga followed the property with longing eyes?especially the dagger, which had a beautiful ivory handle, set with emeralds and rubies. If he could have laid hands on it, I fear no scruples would have restrained him; but Swali took care not to give him the chance. The carriers came back from the village with very long faces. There was war, they said; Mirambo's Ruga-Ruga were out, and 'the road was dead.' Nothing on earth would induce them to go on to Kabunda's. They wer...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217456555 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217456553 |
| Weight | 0.50 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.34 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 146 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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