"It is enough. I see, honoured lord, that you
are a man of mettle not easily to be turned from your purpose. In the
name of God the Compassionate, land and go wheresoever you like."
A.Q.: "I think that I had almost rather wait until the /Crocodile/
comes in."
H.: "Land! Land! Captain Delgado, get up the cargo and man your boat.
Mine too is at the service of these lords. You, Captain, will like to
get away by this night's tide. There is still light, Lord Quatermain,
and such hospitality as I can offer is at your service."
A.Q.: "Ah! I knew Bey Hassan, that you were only joking with me when
you said that you wished us to go elsewhere. An excellent jest, truly,
from one whose hospitality is so famous. Well, to fall in with your
wishes, we will come ashore this evening, and if the Captain Delgado
chances to sight the Queen's ship /Crocodile/ before he sails, perhaps
he will be so good as to signal to us with a rocket."
"Certainly, certainly," interrupted Delgado, who up to this time had
pretended that he understood no English, the tongue in which I was
speaking to the interpreter, Sammy.
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