“CurseQuick，“saidOliveragain，withtheutmostenergy。“I\'llgivehimamonth\'snoticethisverynight。”
“Don\'t，“Isaid，“forthenyou\'llobligehimtotakeservicewithBarung，wherehewouldbemostdangerous。Lookhere，Orme，todropchaff，thisisaprettymess。”
“Why?What\'swrongaboutit，Doctor?“heaskedindignantly。“Ofcourse，she\'saJewofsomedilutedsortorother，andI\'maChristian；butthosethingsadaptthemselves。Ofcourse，too，she\'smysuperior，butafterallhersisastrictlylocalrank，andinEuropeweshouldbeonmuchthesamefooting。AsforherbeinganEastern，whatdoesthatmatter?Surelyitisnotanobjectionwhichshouldhaveweightwith/you/。Andfortherest，didyoueverseeherequal?“
“Never，never，/never/！“Iansweredwithenthusiasm。“Theyoungladytowhomanygentlemanhasjustengagedhimselfisalwaysabsolutelyunequalled，and，letmeadmitatoncethatthisisperhapsthemostoriginalandcharmingthatIhaveevermetinallCentralAfrica。
Only，whatevermaybethecasewithyou，Idon\'tknowwhetherthisfactwillconsolemeandQuickwhenourthroatsarebeingcut。Lookhere，Orme，“Iadded，“didn\'tItellyoulongagothattheonethingyoumust/not/dowastomakelovetotheChildofKings?“