He answered yes, and that he could swear that no one had come near it, since several times he had walked to the back and looked.
Somewhat comforted, though not satisfied, I went in to wake up the others, to whom I said nothing of this matter since it seemed foolish to alarm them for no good purpose.

A few minutes later the tall, silent women arrived with our hot water.

It seemed curious to have hot water brought to us in such a place by these very queer kind of housemaids, but so it was.

The Pongo, I may add, were, like the Zulus, very clean in their persons, though whether they all used hot water, I cannot say.

At any rate, it was provided for us.
Half an hour later they returned with breakfast, consisting chiefly of a roasted kid, of which, as it was whole, and therefore unmistakable, we partook thankfully.