Doc South Seas Language

At this point Oliver Wording Bittman, the taxidermist, spoke up.

"I hope you may consider my assistance of some value."

"You mean you wish to accompany us?" Doc inquired.

"I certainly do. I must confess my contact with you thus far has been very enjoyable and the excitement highly exhilarating. I should like to continue in your company. My experience on the expedition which I took to New Zealand with Jerome Coffern should render me of some value."

"You speak any of the native dialects?"

"One or two."

To Doc's lips came words of a language native to the South Seas. Bittman replied, although rather uncertainly, in the same tongue.

But Doc still hesitated. He did not want to lead this man into danger, although the fellow seemed pathetically eager to go along.

- The Land of Terror (1933) Chapter 14