'Oh, the hole in my back!' he yelled. 'I am murdered. I am dead. Oh, Annette!'
I searched again, but could see no wound. Then the truth dawned on me—the man was frightened, not hurt.
'Get up!' I shouted, 'Get up. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You are not touched.'
Thereupon he rose, not a penny the worse. 'But, monsieur, I thought I was,' he said apologetically; 'I did not know that I had conquered.' Then, giving the body of the Masai a kick, he ejaculated triumphantly, 'Ah, dog of a black savage, thou art dead; what victory!'
Thoroughly disgusted, I left Alphonse to look after himself, which he did by following me like a shadow, and proceeded to join the others by the large entrance. The first thing that I saw was Mackenzie, seated on a stone with a handkerchief twisted round his th
