42 o DAVID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xxi. 



and a pair of grey tweed trousers. I would have run to 

 him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob, 

 — would have embraced him, only he, being an English- 

 man, I did not know how he would receive me ; so I did 

 what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best 

 thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat and 

 said, ' Dr. Livingstone, I presume ? ' ' Yes,' said he, with 

 a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly. I replace my hat 

 on my head, and he puts on his cap, and we both grasp 

 hands, and I then say aloud — ' I thank God, Doctor, I 

 have been permitted to see you.' He answered, ' I feel 

 thankful that I am here to welcome you.' " 



The conversation began — but Stanley could not re- 

 member what it was. " I found myself gazing at him, 

 conning the wonderful man at whose side I now sat in 

 Central Africa. Every hair of his head and beard, every 

 wrinkle of his face, the wanness of his features, and the 

 slightly wearied look he bore, were all imparting intelli- 

 gence to me — the knowledge I craved for so much ever 

 since I heard the words, ' Take what you want, but find 

 Livingstone.' What I saw was deeply interesting intel- 

 ligence to me and unvarnished truth. I was listening 

 and reading at the same time. What did these dumb 

 witnesses relate to me ? 



" Oh, reader, had you been at my side on this day in 

 Ujiji, how eloquently could be told the nature of this 

 man's work ! Had you been there but to see and hear ! 

 His lips gave me the details ; lips that never lie. I 

 cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed 

 to take my note-book out, and begin to stenograph his 

 story. He had so much to say that he began at the end, 

 seemingly oblivious of the fact that five or six years had 

 to be accounted for. But his account was oozing out ; it 

 was growing fast into grand proportions — into a most 

 marvellous history of deeds." 



And Stanley, too, had wonderful things to tell the 



