“But you will send for help. Mr Wilson at his station—Dindong—assured me that in a case of necessity he would see that we were protected.”
“How would you send the message, sir?”
“By some Malay. He must be bribed heavily. Plenty would be glad to make the venture.”
“Where will you find them, sir? Do you know that you would be sending the man to certain death?”
“Surely not.”
“The river is closely watched night and day. No boat could pass down unseen.”
“But a man might swim say a few hundred yards,” cried Murray. “I would go myself.”
“And if you escaped the crocodiles, which is not likely, what would you do then?”
“Land, and follow the stream by the bank.”
The doctor uttered a low laugh.