“Yes. True. I saw them paddle across last night in the dark and fetch what was put for them, in a curious animal-like way.”
“But you didn’t see them go back, uncle?”
“Yes, I did, sir, and I remember thinking how cat-like they were in their actions, pouncing upon the food and eating it there and then. I watched them till they had done, so as to see them steal off again with their boat, and I meant to write a note about it in my paper regarding this trip.”
“Well, they are not waiting this morning, uncle,” said the boy meaningly.
“No,” said the doctor, glancing in the direction of the wild banana leaf.
“Well, uncle, what do you make of that?”
“I don’t know, my lad. What do you make of it?”
“I don’t quite know, uncle. They are savages.”
“Yes, boy, they are savages.”
“And they’ve got spears, uncle,” said the boy meaningly.