"Never, never! Did I not tell you he would kill me?"
"What is to be done then?"
"Fly, fly without delay; at once."
"But where shall we go?"
"How do I know? To the cliff or the forest, live among the wild beasts sooner than remain any longer here."
"Very good, we will go, I know where to take you."
"You?"
"Yes, did I not tell you that sundry accidents happened to me today while hunting?"
"So you did; but what has that to do with it?"
"A great deal," he interrupted; "the Major-domo, who accompanied me, and I tumbled over an encampment of filibusters."