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Let them go to their hut and sleep . '' `` We can not sleep while injustice is done in the village , '' answered Jack , in a lofty tone . `` Let not King Jambai do that which will make his visitors ashamed of him . Let the girl live till to-morrow at midnight . Let the case be investigated , and if she be proved guilty then let her die . '' The king commenced a long reply in the same dignified manner and tone which Jack had assumed . While he was thus engaged Peterkin touched our guide on the shoulder and whispered -- `` I say , Mak , tell the doctor to back up Jack 's request , and I 'll give him a gun . ''