Now they had been sharpened by what I had seen and heard, my nerves were already quivering and my fancy on fire.

I felt every limb shaking as 'Mwanga went forward.

The cave swam before my eyes, heads were multiplied giddily, and I was only dimly conscious when he rose to return.
Nothing would have made me advance, had I not feared Laputa less than my neighbours.

They might rend me to pieces, but to him the oath was inviolable.

I staggered crazily to my feet, and shambled forwards.