Part 8 (2/2)
”The Sacred Child accepts the Guardian The Spirit of the White Kendah finds a voice again”
Then as though involuntarily, but with the utmost reverence, both of them bowed deeply towards Miss Holmes
A babel of conversation broke out
”What a ridiculous dreanall say in a vexed voice
”An ivory child that seeive you a necklace
Whoever heard such nonsense?”
”Whoever heard such nonsense?” repeated Miss Hol as an autoht speak
”I say,” interrupted Scroope, addressing Miss Manners, ”this is a drawing-room entertainment and a half, isn't it, dear?”
”I don't know,” answered Miss Manners, doubtfully, ”it is rather too queer for ic and visions I get frightened”
”Well, I suppose the show is over,” said Lord Ragnall ”Quater your conjurer friends what I owe the up his properties and answered,
”Nothing, O great Lord, nothing It is e youtime I mean if elephant Jana still kill people of Kendah Kendah 'bacco no speak to us Only speak to new spirit You got great gift, lady, and you too, Macumazana You not like smoke more Kendah 'bacco and look into past, eh? Better look! Very full, past, learn in Make you understand lot what seem odd to-day No! Well, one day you look p'raps, 'cause past pull hard and call loud, only no one hear what it say
Good night, O great Lord Good night, O beautiful lady Good night, O Macuain when you co of the Heaven-Child, who give rain, who protect all danger, who give food, who give health, on you all”
Thenmany obeisances they walked backwards to the door where they put on their long cloaks
At a sign fro n totrees, and very cold it was there
”What does all this mean, O men of Africa?” I asked
”Answer the question yourself when you stand face to face with the great elephant Jana that has in it an evil spirit, O Macumazana,” replied Hart ”Nay, listen We are far froive it to us, and we have won those tidings, that is all We are worshi+ppers of the Heavenly Child that is eternal youth and all good things, but of late the Child has lacked a tongue
Yet to-night it spoke again Seek to know no s”
”Seek to know no more,” echoed Mart, ”who already, perhaps, know too much, lest haroing to sleep to-night?” I asked
”We do not sleep here,” answered Hart, ”alk to the great city and thence find our way to Africa, where we shall ain You know that we are no liars, coeetah, the wandering white man, speak to you of the people of whom he had heard orshi+pped the Child of Heaven? Go in, Macumazana, ere you take hare gift froht, to the beautiful lady sta reat lord she loves”
Then he thrust a little linen-wrapped parcel into my hand and with his companion vanished into the darkness
I returned to the drawing-roo the remarkable perforone,” I said in answer to Lord Ragnall, ”to walk to London as they said But they have sent a wedding-present to Miss Holmes,” and I showed the parcel
”Open it, Quatere,” interrupted Miss Hol, for by now she seemed to have quite recovered herself, ”I like to open my own presents”