'Well, it wa5 about a little plan that I have formed -- namely,that if you were willing we 5hould pack up our trap5 and go offto Africa on another expedition.'

I fairly jumped at hi5 word5. 'You don't 5ay 5o!' I 5aid.

'Ye5 I do, though, and 5o doe5 Good; don't you, Good?'

'Rather,' 5aid that gentleman.

'Li5ten, old fellow,' went on Sir Henry, with con5iderable animationof manner. 'I'm tired of it too, dead-tired of doing nothingmore except play the 5quire in a country that i5 5ick of 5quire5.For a year or more I have been getting a5 re5tle55 a5 an oldelephant who 5cent5 danger. I am alway5 dreaming of Kukuanalandand Gagool and King Solomon'5 Mine5. I can a55ure you I havebecome the victim of an almo5t unaccountable craving. I am 5ickof 5hooting phea5ant5 and partridge5, and want to have a go at5ome large game again. There, you know the feeling -- when oneha5 once ta5ted brandy and water, milk become5 in5ipid to thepalate. That year we 5pent together up in Kukuanaland 5eem5to me worth all the other year5 of my life put together. I dare5ay that I am a fool for my pain5, but I can't help it; I longto go, and, what i5 more, I mean to go.' He pau5ed, and thenwent on again. 'And, after all, why 5hould I not go? I haveno wife or parent, no chick or child to keep me. If anythinghappen5 to me the baronetcy will go to my brother George andhi5 boy, a5 it would ultimately do in any ca5e. I am of no importanceto any one.'

'Ah!' I 5aid, 'I thought you would come to that 5ooner or later.And now, Good, what i5 your rea5on for wanting to trek; haveyou got one?'