"
"The fifth is," I went on, "that such an expedition to succeed would
need a great deal of money, more than you or I could find. Partners
would be wanted, active or sleeping, but partners with cash."
Brother John looked towards the window of the room in which Charlie
Scroope was in bed, for being still weak he went to rest early.
"No," I said, "he's had enough of Africa, and you told me yourself
that it will be two years before he is really strong again. Also
there's a lady in this case. Now listen. I have taken it on myself to
write to that lady, whose address I found out while he didn't know
what he was saying. I have said that he was dying, but that I hoped he
might live. Meanwhile, I added, I thought she would like to know that
he did nothing but rave of her; also that he was a hero, with a big H
twice underlined. My word! I did lay it on about the hero business
with a spoon, a real hotel gravy spoon. If Charlie Scroope knows
himself again when he sees my description of him, well, I'm a
Dutchman, that's all.
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