"Perhaps," said he; "but I heard that Mr. Webb had received a
letter from you, and that you and Livingstone had discovered that
the Rusizi ran into the lake - that you had the Doctor's letters
and despatches with you."
"Yes; but you acquired all this information from my men; you
have seen nothing yourself. You have therefore resigned before
you had personal evidence of the fact."
"Well, Dr. Livingstone is relieved and found, as Mr. Henn tells
me, is he not?"
"Yes, that is true enough. He is well supplied; he only requires
a few little luxuries, which I am going to send him by an
expedition of fifty freemen. Dr. Livingstone is found and
relieved, most certainly; and I have all the letters and
despatches which he could possibly send to his friends."
"But don't you think I did perfectly right?"
"Hardly - though, perhaps, it would come to the same thing in
the end. Any more cloth and beads than he has already would
be an incumbrance. Still, you have your orders from the Royal
Geographical Society. I have not seen those yet, and I am not
prepared to judge what your best course would have been.
