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vermouth of all drinks ! progressed steadily. 

 We could hardly blame him for celebrating. By 

 the afternoon he wanted to give things away. So 

 insistent was he that F. finally accepted an ebony 

 walking-stick, and I an ebony knife inset with 

 ivory. If we had been the least bit unscrupulous, 

 I am afraid the relatives at home would have 

 missed their African souvenirs. He went out via 

 freight car, all by himself, seated regally in a 

 steamer chair between two wide-open side doors, 

 one native squatted on either side to see that he 

 did not lurch out into the landscape. 



