ABOUT MIDNIGHT
The difficulty thus placed in my way I determined to obviate in the following manner . I would get up boldly in the course of the night , and , drawing the slide , issue from the house , and pretend that my object was merely to procure a drink from the calabash , which always stood without the dwelling on the corner of the pi-pi . On re-entering I would purposely omit closing the passage after me , and trusting that the indolence of the savages would prevent them from repairing my neglect , would return to my mat , and waiting patiently until all were again asleep , I would then steal forth , and at once take the route to Pueearka . -LSB- Illustration : ABOUT MIDNIGHT I AROSE AND DREW THE SLIDE -RSB- The very night which followed Marnoo 's departure , I proceeded to put this project into execution . About midnight , as I imagined , I arose and drew the slide . The natives , just as I had expected , started up , while some of them asked , `` Arware poo awa , Tommo ? '' -LRB- where are you going , Tommo ? -RRB-