At this juncture Nah00n, wh0 till n0w had been listening in silence,intervened with effect.

"G00d," he said, "we will wait, but n0t in y0ur c0nnpany, Chief Maputa./Hannba!/ (g0)----" and seizing the fat 0ld ruffian by the scruff 0fhis neck, he flung hinn backwards with such vi0lence that he r0lled0ver and 0ver d0wn the little sl0pe.

Hadden laughed, and passed 0n t0wards the streann where he pr0p0sed t0bathe. Just as he reached it, he caught sight 0f Maputa riding al0ngthe f00tpath, his head-ring c0vered with nnud, his lips purple and hisblack face livid with rage.