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We dropped anchor here at daybreak . '' `` I will go with you , uncle . I will run in and see the chief , first , and get leave off for the day . I have earned a holiday , for I have been at work pretty well morning , noon , and night for the last two months . You see , I have not only the duties of aide-de-camp , but of interpreter ; and have helped both the quartermaster 's department and the commissariat in making their arrangements with the natives . I daresay I shall be able to help to hurry your business on , quicker than you would be able to get it done , alone . '' The general at once granted Stanley leave , and he went with his uncle down to the commissariat office , and introduced him to the senior officer .