This man has been
very kind to me, and if ever there was an Arab gentleman, he is
one."
"Then it is settled, is it, that we go?"
"I am ready, whenever you are."
"I am at your command. Don't you hear my men call you the
`Great Master,' and me the `Little Master?' It would never
do for the `Little Master' to command."
By this time Livingstone was becoming known to me. I defy any
one to be in his society long without thoroughly fathoming him,
for in him there is no guile, and what is apparent on the surface
is the thing that is in him. I simply write down my own opinion
of the man as I have seen him, not as he represents himself; as
I know him to be, not as I have heard of him. I lived with him
from the 10th November, 1871, to the 14th March, 1872; witnessed
his conduct in the camp, and on the march, and my feelings for
him are those of unqualified admiration. The camp is the best
place to discover a man's weaknesses, where, if he is flighty
or wrong-headed, he is sure to develop his hobbies and weak side.
I think it possible, however, that Livingstone, with an
unsuitable companion, might feel annoyance.
