. South of Suez. the fastnesses of the unconquered and un-explored land of Danakil. . This, apparently, was the end of the Prince. So easily had he been toppled from his throne,and so .firmly established did the new Empressappear to be fixed as the successor .of her father,Menelik the Great, that the Shoans were rest-less and uneasy at their swift success. Theylooked about them undecidedly. Something—they seemed to feel—was. wanting. What ele-ment had they not taken into consideration? . . [85] SOUTH OF SUEZ Having come safely through some of theseepisodes, my companion and myself believed,too
. South of Suez. the fastnesses of the unconquered and un-explored land of Danakil. . This, apparently, was the end of the Prince. So easily had he been toppled from his throne,and so .firmly established did the new Empressappear to be fixed as the successor .of her father,Menelik the Great, that the Shoans were rest-less and uneasy at their swift success. Theylooked about them undecidedly. Something—they seemed to feel—was. wanting. What ele-ment had they not taken into consideration? . . [85] SOUTH OF SUEZ Having come safely through some of theseepisodes, my companion and myself believed,too, that the trouble was over in the capital. Hewas eager to seize a commercial opportunitythat presented itself; and I, indirectly, wassimilarly concerned. At the last moment, how-ever, we found that our impetuousness hadovercarried us, and that we had landed withboth feet in what looked like a promising trap. And at the same time the Shoans, seizing theirweapons anew, prepared for genuine trouble. [86].
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