I slew his men so quickly that he saw spirits." The chief caught his name and broke in with a question.

A volley of talk between the two was enlivened with expressive gestures by Taung S'Ali, who several times pointed to Iris, and Jenks now anathematized his thoughtless folly in permitting the Dyak to approach so near.

The Mahommedan, of course, had never seen her, and might have persuaded the other that in truth there were two men only on the rock.
His fears were only too well founded.

The Mussulman salaamed respectfully and said-- "Protector of the poor, I cannot gainsay your word, but Taung S'Ali says that the maid stands by your side, and is none the less the woman he seeks in that she wears a man's clothing." "He has sharp eyes, but his brain is addled," retorted the sailor.

"Why does he come here to seek a woman who is not of his race?
Not only has he brought death to his people and narrowly escaped it himself, but he must know that any violence offered to us will mean the extermination of his whole tribe by an English warship.