human
Well, I'm hanged, muttered Webster, under his breath.
gpt
That fellow must have placed that paper in the tube after I left the cave, and probably watched me the whole time, yet I never caught a glimpse of him.
human
He is some half-witted native,
gpt
You forget the cry, after your disappearance. That was the voice of a white man who knew you or your uncle, and had learnt the object of our journey.
human
True, I had forgotten that. Still, one of my uncle's men, escaping from the attack made upon his camp, may have taken up his home in the cave, and have lost his mind in the solitude. Such a man might have learnt about the Golden Rock, and he would have picked up a few words of English.
gpt
Well, Klaas, did you search far?
human
They stood all about, some in one place, some in others, but I whistled to them, and they were joyful to see a man. Three I could not find, but the body of one.
gpt
You have done well, Klaas. What are these things?
human
Yoh! Kaffir man made these, but a white man uses them.
gpt
A white man?
human
Yah, sieur, it is so. It smell white man.
gpt
That settles it, said Hume.
human
Let us search for the stranger. But, as he may be on the look-out, I will make a circuit to the top of the krantz, while you go towards the base, and leave the bag on some rock that can be seen from above.