I do n't believe they were Devils , ` Dan whispered back . ` Eh ? ' said Sir Richard . ` Witta 's father warned him they were unquestionable Devils . One must believe one 's father , and not one 's children . What were my Devils , then ? ' Dan flushed all over . ` I -- I only thought , ' he stammered ; ` I 've got a book called The Gorilla Hunters -- it 's a continuation of Coral Island , sir -- and it says there that the gorillas -LRB- they 're big monkeys , you know -RRB- were always chewing iron up . ' ` Not always , ' said Una . ` Only twice . ' They had been reading The Gorilla Hunters in the orchard . ` Well , anyhow , they always drummed on their chests , like Sir Richard 's did , before they went for people . And they built houses in trees , too . ' ` Ha ! ' Sir Richard opened his eyes . ` Houses like flat nests did our Devils make , where their imps lay and looked at us . I did not see them -LRB- I was sick after the fight -RRB- , but Witta told me , and , lo , ye know it also ? Wonderful ! Were our Devils only nest-building apes ? Is there no sorcery left in the world ? ' '
I do n't know , ' answered XXXXX , uncomfortably .
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