JUJA 



mails brought us trays with iced and fizzy drinks 

 in thin glasses. When the time came we crossed the 

 veranda in the rear to enter a spacious separate 

 dining-room. The table was white with napery, 

 glittering with silver and glass, bright with flowers. 

 We ate leisurely of a well-served course dinner, end- 

 ing with black coffee, shelled nuts, and candied 

 fruit. Replete and satisfied we strolled back across 

 the veranda to the main house. F. raised his hand. 



"Hark!" he admonished us. 



We held still. From the velvet darkness came 

 the hurried petulant barking of zebra; three hyenas 

 howled. 



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