And it required aneffort to keep the smile on his face. Surprise! Surprise! And there waslaughter and applause and whistles and catcalls from the stand. A venerable old Zulu boss-boy, his patecovered with a cap of shining silver wool, was their instructor in thelingua franca of the gold mines, Fanakalo. We must look after this kaffir, he said loudly.
In the centre of the lawn stood the tall tower of the slave bell, stillused to toll the beginning and end of the day's labours. You know better than that, DrTwenty-man-Jones. Although David had benefited from his brief relationship withthe Camel, it never occurred to him to indulge in the same acrobaticswith someone as special as Matty. He drew the man upanother inch and wedged the back of his neck against the edge of theroof.
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