coward, doctor,
for turning faint-hearted like this."

"You needn't be afraid of that," said the doctor quietly. "What I want
to hear is your father's definite opinion upon the question."

"Well, I will give it to you," said Sir James gravely. "As an elderly
man who wishes to act wisely, I cannot help feeling that we are
intruders in the country of these wild tribes, and we should never be
safe."

He paused for a few moments, and his hearers exchanged glances. Then he
continued, "Speaking now as your father, Mark, my boy--as your uncle,
Dean--I feel that I should not be justified in running any more risks;
and lastly, as an old man who wants to behave generously and well to our
servants, and those who have risked so much for our sake, I am," he
continued, with a twinkle in his eye, "very, very tired; old England was
never so dear to me before. There, doctor--there, my dear boys, I want
to go home!"

Memorandum: They went home.

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