698 THE REVELATION MADE. 



above Gondokoro. I heard you had boats, plenty of men and 

 stores, and I really believed you were some French officer until 

 I saw the American flag; and to tell the truth, I was rather 

 glad it was so, because I could not have talked to him in 

 French, and if he did not know English, we would have been 

 a pretty pair of white men in Ujiji. I did not like to ask you 

 yesterday, because it was none of my business." 



" Well," said Stanley, laughing, " for your sake I am glad 

 that I am an American and not a Frenchman, and that we can 

 understand each other perfectly without an interpreter. I see 

 the Arabs are wondering that you, an Englishman, and I, an 

 American, can understand each other. We must take care not 

 to tell them that the English and Americans have fought, and 

 that there are 'Alabama' claims left unsettled, and that we have 

 such persons as Fenians in America, who hate you. But 

 seriously, doctor — now don't be frightened when I tell you that 

 I have come after — you." 



"After me?" 



"Yes." 



"How?" 



Then followed the recital of the interest which Mr. Bennett 

 had felt in the great traveller, of his calling Mr. Stanley to 

 him, his liberality in fitting out the expedition, of his com- 

 mission — " Find Livingstone." 



We already know the destitution to which Dr. Livingstone 

 had been reduced, and the dreadful anxieties which were 

 weighing on his mind and heart. Words could hardly express 

 the gratitude he felt for this unexpected and unprecedented 

 kindness. More than all, he saw the hand of his God in the 

 deliverance which had come so opportunely. God had never 

 failed him. It seemed like a pledge of success in his cherished 

 enterprise. It renewed his courage and strength. Some men 

 would have thought of home, would have gone home. He did 

 not recognize this as a call home, but as a renewal of his com- 

 mission in Africa, and he received it with the deepest thank- 

 fulness. 



The days passed pleasantly. The good cheer and the good 

 food provided by Mr. Stanley acted like a charm on the sick 

 man, and soon he was himself again. Then came a short 



