? ? ? ? "How long have you been an ape?" asked the man.
? ? ? ? "Since I was a little girl, many, many years ago, and Korak came and took me from my father who was beating me. Since then I have lived in the trees with Korak and A'ht."
? ? ? ? "Where in the jungle lives Korak?" asked the stranger.
? ? ? ? Meriem pointed with a sweep of her hand that took in, generously, half the continent of Africa.
? ? ? ? "Could you find your way back to him?"
? ? ? ? "I do not know," she replied; "but he will find his way to me."
? ? ? ? "Then I have a plan," said the stranger. "I live but a few marches from here. I shall take you home where my wife will look after you and care for you until we can find Korak or Korak finds us. If he could find you here he can find you at my village. Is it not so?"
? ? ? ? Meriem thought that it was so; but she did not like the idea of not starting immediately back to meet Korak.
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