CHAPTER XXIV 



ACROSS THE KAISOOT DESERT 



EVEN if I had decided to return to Nairobi 

 immediately after the tragedy, instead of going 

 on to Marsabit to finish my work, the mutiny of 

 the safari rendered this course of action absolutely 

 impossible. 



I felt that henceforward I was entirely responsible 

 for the safety of Mrs. B., and if at this critical 

 moment I had yielded to the mutineers and allowed 

 them to dictate to me as to where I was to go and 

 where not to go, my authority would have entirely 

 vanished, and I could no longer have been answer- 

 able for what might happen. 



Of course I kept all knowledge of the mutiny 

 from my companion, as she had already enough and 

 more than enough trouble to bear, and it was not 

 until the tin roofs of Nairobi were in sight that I told 

 her of the peril we had been in at Lersamis. 



She was naturally anxious to return to Nairobi 

 at once, but I told her that I must first go on to 



