Now if the English man-of-war
had destroyed their town, and their slave-sheds, they might have gone
somewhere else. However," he added, as an afterthought, glancing at
the disfigured Hassan, "we have their captain, and of course you mean
to hang him, Baas. Or if you don't like to, leave it to me. I can hang
men very well. Once, when I was young, I helped the executioner at
Cape Town."
"Get out," I said, but, nevertheless, I knew that Hans was right.
CHAPTER VI
THE SLAVE ROAD
The twenty bearers having arrived, in charge of five or six Arabs
armed with guns, we went to inspect them, taking Hassan with us, also
the hunters. They were a likely lot of men, though rather thin and
scared-looking, and evidently, as I could see from their physical
appearance and varying methods of dressing the hair, members of
different tribes. Having delivered them, the Arabs, or rather one of
them, entered into excited conversation with Hassan. As Sammy was not
at hand I do not know what was said, although I gathered that they
were contemplating his rescue.
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