{"product_id":"2940013707658","title":"The Red Speck","description":"With a lean brown hand limp as a rag, Drenton Denn helped himself to\u003cbr\u003equinine enough to blow the roof off the head of an ordinary man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A blight upon the man who lured me to Madagascar!\" he said, with\u003cbr\u003ehis teeth clenched \"You get me here as a war correspondent when there\u003cbr\u003eis no war to speak of and no facilities for getting my 'copy' away in\u003cbr\u003eany case. And how that I am down with the fever you calmly tell me\u003cbr\u003ethat you have orders to send me back to the seaboard!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Le Boeuf quivered uneasily. He it was who had lured Drenton\u003cbr\u003eDenn from Paris with specious promises of what might happen in the\u003cbr\u003eway of graphic things to describe at Tamatave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is only a hundred miles,\" Le Boeuf said, tentatively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But what a hundred miles!\" Drenton groaned, \"Even if I get over\u003cbr\u003ethis fever I shall be good for nothing for days to come. It is\u003cbr\u003eimpossible for me to return the way we came. And how a handful of\u003cbr\u003eKanaka boys are going to get me down to Tara I can't understand!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But, my dear Denn, you can't stay here.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of course I can't. I must do my best to get back to the coast,\u003cbr\u003eand that right through an unfriendly tribe. Is there any truth in\u003cbr\u003ethe rumour that the Hamas are led by a woman who wears Paris gowns\u003cbr\u003eand imports her own champagne?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe Boeuf showed his teeth in a dazzling smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is something in it,\" he said. \"Do you remember that\u003cbr\u003emagnificent Hama girl--Sabina, they called her--who performed those\u003cbr\u003emarvellous snake and bird tricks at the Moulin Rouge two years ago?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDenn nodded. He recollected the girl perfectly well and the\u003cbr\u003esensation she had created at the him. The handsome chieftainess had\u003cbr\u003etaken to Denn somewhat, and quite a Platonic friendship had sprung up\u003cbr\u003ebetween them. Denn flushed slightly as he called this to his mind. He\u003cbr\u003ehad touched the heart of the dusky Hama, and he had deemed it best to\u003cbr\u003eretire gracefully from Paris before anything foolish transpired.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069084844272,"sku":"2940013707658","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013707658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}