“If we tame him,” she said, “then my eyes will not perspire any more, even if ten lions should roar.”
“Why?”
“Because he will protect us.”
Stasch quieted Saba, who had continued to bark in answer to the elephant’s trumpeting, then thought a while and continued:
“But, Nell, there is one thing that you did not think of. We shall not stay here forever; we must ride on further. I do not say immediately—on the contrary. This place is very convenient and healthy, so I have decided to remain here one week—perhaps two—for you and I and in fact all of us need a good rest. Well, all right! As long as we stay here we will feed the elephant, although this is an enormous task for us all. He is imprisoned, and we can not take him with us. But how will this end? We shall go away and he will stay here
