By the way," he shouted after him, "give my kind regards to the Gordons at Loango." And so the first consignment of Simiacine was sent from the Plateau to the coast.
Guy Oscard was one of those deceptive men who only do a few things, and do those few very well.

In forty-three days he deposited the twenty precious cases in Gordon's godowns at Loango, and paid off the porters, of whom he had not lost one.

These duties performed, he turned his steps towards the bungalow.

He had refused Gordon's invitation to stay with him until the next day, when the coasting steamer was expected.

To tell the truth, he was not very much prepossessed in Maurice's favour, and it was with a doubtful mind that he turned his steps towards the little house in the forest between Loango and the sea.
The room was the first surprise that awaited him, its youthful mistress the second.