wantingtogoandseehisfamilyinthebush-’Buthehasnofamilyinthebush，’saidLloyd。’No，’saidMitaiele。
Theywenttotheboy’sbedtheysleepinthewalled-incompartmentoftheverandah，oncemydressing-roomandcalledatonceforme。Helaylikeoneasleep，talkingindrowsytonesbutwithoutexcitement，andattimes’cheeping’
likeafrightenedmouse；hewasquitecooltothetouch，andhispulsenotfast；hisbreathingseemedwhollyventral；thebuststill，thebellymovingstrongly。Presentlyhegotfromhisbed，andranforthedoor，withhisheaddownnotthreefeetfromthefloorandhisbodyallonastretchforward，likeastrikingsnake:Isay’ran，’butthisstrangemovementwasnotswift。LloydandImasteredhimandgothimbackinbed。Soontherewasanotherandmoredesperateattempttoescape，inwhichLloydhadhisringbroken。Thenweboundhimtothebedhumanelywithsheets，ropes，boardsandpillows。Helaythereandsometimestalked，sometimeswhispered，sometimesweptlikeanangrychild；hisprincipalwordwas’Faamolemole’-’Please’-andhekepttellingusatintervalsthathisfamilywerecallinghim。Duringthisinterval，bythespecialgraceofGod，myboyscamehome；wehadalreadycalledinArrick，theblackboy；nowwehadthatHercules，Lafaele，andamanSavea，whocomesfromPaatalise’sownislandandcanalonecommunicatewithhimfreely。Lloydwenttobed，Itookthefirstwatch，andsatinmyroomreading，whileLafaeleandArrickwatchedthemadman。SuddenlyArrickcalledme；Iranintotheverandah；
therewasPaatalisefreeofallhisbondsandLafaeleholdinghim。Totellwhatfollowedisimpossible。Wewerefivepeopleathim-LafaeleandSavea，verystrongmen，Lloyd，I
andArrick，andthestrugglelasteduntil1A。M。beforewehadhimbound。Onedetailforaspecimen:LloydandIhadchargeofoneleg，wewerebothsittingonit，andlo！wewerebothtossedintotheair-I，Idaresay，acoupleoffeet。Atlastwehadhimspread-eagledtotheironbedstead，byhiswristsandankles，withmattedrope；amostinhumanebusiness，butwhatcouldwedo？itwasallwecoulddotomanageitevenso。Thestrengthoftheparoxysmshadbeensteadilyincreasing，andwetrembledforthenext。AndnowI