"So that's what I interfered with; and that's why he let the dog be given to me."
"It is straightly spoken. But the Sahib will not hold Nels less, for courage or for power? There is not one to equal him."
"Bhanah, we'll put that hope into Nels, against when he hears a hyena."
"That will be with the good hunting-piece in my master's hands, at first—to teach him confidence. Then he will fear—not anything on earth. Then it will be all like the cheetah hills to him. Sahib, it is more satisfying than food."
"Where are the cheetah hills from here?"
"South and West; not the way the Sahib has gone before."
"You haven't told me about them before."
"Because Nels was not come to full strength, since his hurt."
"I'd hate to have him meet an accident."
"To-morrow he will go safe. He rose up last night and listened to a hunting cheetah's cry."