But his chief care was Victor Durnovo.
As soon as they entered the forest, two hundred miles above Msala, the half-breed was a changed man.

The strange restlessness asserted itself again--the man was nervous, eager, sincere.

His whole being was given up to this search; his whole heart and soul were enveloped in it.

At first he worked steadily, like a mariner treading his way through known waters; but gradually his composure left him, and he became incapable of doing other work.
Jack Meredith was at his side always.

By day he walked near him as he piloted the column through the trackless forest.