They were already some distance away, too far indeed for me to follow, as I did not wish to leave the house.

The incident filled me with suspicion, and I went round to the back to make inquiries, but could find no one.

As I passed the hospital door, however, I heard a voice calling in Sisutu-- "Do not leave me behind, my brothers." I entered and saw the man on whom Rodd had operated the day of our arrival, lying in bed and quite alone.

I asked him where the others had gone.

At first he would not answer, but when I pretended to leave him, called out that it was back to their own country.