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But at any moment the governor may decide that he is sufficiently recovered to be carried , and may send him off to Ava , under a strong escort . Therefore , although we will put off moving him as long as possible , we must not run the risk of his being sent away . '' Four days later , Meinik said that the man had arranged with another to join him , and that both would be on duty behind the hut , that evening , between nine and midnight . Accordingly , at ten o'clock Stanley arrived , with Meinik and the two villagers , at the palisade . Meinik had insisted upon accompanying him to the hut . `` I believe that the man is to be trusted , master ; indeed I am sure he is , but I do not know the second man . He may have pretended to accept the offer , only on purpose to betray his comrade , and to obtain honour and reward for preventing the escape of the white man .