Publisher's Synopsis
-You'll stop nothing at all, Mr. Kennedy, with all respect to you, sir. My master is no hare-brained person; he takes a long time to think over what he means to do, and then, when he once gets started, the Evil One himself couldn't make him give it up.- -Well, we'll see about that.- -Don't flatter yourself, sir--but then, the main thing is, to have you with us. For a hunter like you, sir, Africa's a great country. So, either way, you won't be sorry for the trip.- -No, that's a fact, I shan't be sorry for it, if I can get this crazy man to give up his scheme.- -By-the-way, - said Joe, -you know that the weighing comes off to-day.- -The weighing--what weighing?- -Why, my master, and you, and I, are all to be weighed to-day!- -What! like horse-jockeys?- -Yes, like jockeys. Only, never fear, you won't be expected to make yourself lean, if you're found to be heavy. You'll go as you are.- -Well, I can tell you, I am not going to let myself be weighed, - said Kennedy, firmly. -But, sir, it seems that the doctor's machine requires it.- -Well, his machine will have to do without it.- -Humph! and suppose that it couldn't go up, then?- -Egad! that's all I want!-
