Always she thought of him as climbing some mountain in his mind, like that great one to the west on which his eyes would dwell so often and from which he seemed to derive something that was even more than strength.

Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets.

He said little about his dream but he nourished it in his heart as the best place for a dream to grow.

..for Africa was in a way none of them could explain linked up with heaven and they thought of the two places with the same reverence and ultimate longing.