The Sky and the Forest by C.S. Forester

Author:C.S. Forester
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780523403823
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 1953-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

“Come,” he said, and he started off, so that the others had to collect their poor impedimenta and hasten after him.

The thought that was in Loa’s mind as he led the way was quite irrelevant; he was thinking that if Nessi were still with them this would be just the moment for her to say that she was hungry, and his recollection of her peevishness went far to reconcile him to losing her. For Musini never complained, bearing hardship and danger without a word — Loa was thinking idly at this moment about how poorly Nessi would have come through the ordeal of yesterday — and Lanu was a hard-bitten veteran. It was Musini and Lanu who contributed the whole sum of their small knowledge of how to live in the forest. It was Lanu who knew how to make a bow, Musini who knew how to braid bowstrings. Loa did not even yet know which creeper it was whose juice made arrow-poison. Musini had the domestic knowledge, which was of great use; Lanu, thanks to his boy’s experiences in a childhood spent wandering about and around the town, and his observation of what men did, knew of the other arts. But Lanu’s cheerful endurance of hardship, his fatalist carelessness about the future, his manual skill and ingenuity were qualities beyond all price. All that Loa could contribute to the partnership was his physical strength and his mind, which thought quickly after his recent experiences; and, above all, the fact that he was Loa, the born god, accustomed to lead and to be obeyed, with a natural assurance that might command confidence or at least blind faith.

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