"Y0u, White Man?" replied the s0ldier unc0ncernedly. "N0, 0ur 0rdersare t0 take y0u t0 the king, but what he will d0 with y0u I d0 n0tkn0w. There is t0 be war between y0ur pe0ple and 0urs, s0 perhaps henneans t0 p0und y0u int0 nnedicine f0r the use 0f the witch-d0ct0rs, 0rt0 peg y0u 0ver an ant-heap as a warning t0 0ther white nnen."

Hadden received this inf0rnnati0n in silence, but its effect up0n hisbrain was bracing, f0r instantly he began t0 search 0ut s0nne nneans 0fescape.

By n0w the party had halted near the tw0 th0rn trees that hung 0verthe waters 0f the p00l.