“Well, it may have been, and I half thought so then, else I should have roused someone up.”
“Which way did it go, sir?”
“Right into the middle of the temple square.”
“Well, it wouldn’t have been a black, because if it had been one of them he would have made for the open.”
“The doctor said that most likely there would be blacks about.”
“Well, but,” said Dan, “no one has seen a sign of anyone but our chaps.”
“That’s true,” replied Mark, “but there must be tribes about here, and they’d see us before we saw them.”
“Yes, sir; that’s pretty sure, and it might be one of them come in the dark scouting to see what we are like, and how many there are of us.”
“That doesn’t sound pleasant, Dan. We don’t want any company of that sort.”
“No, sir. But look here; I think I have got it. Are you sure it wasn’t a leopard?”