Chapter 15

They dropped into a small canoe, paddled softly down the river for a mile and, landing at a convenient place (here Donald nearly fell into the water) followed their guide for two hours through the dense woods which had hidden murders from time immemorial. Once green eyes glared at them ahead; once Donald heard the scream of a monkey in the grip of an invisible enemy. It was midnight by the illuminated dial on Murdock’s wrist when they came to a little clearing and saw a figure in the moonlight, reclining against a …