Allan's Wife Chapter 8 - The Marble Kraals

In which Allan Quatermain is introduced to a remarkable homestead of polished marble kraals, tended by Mr. Carson and his daughter Stella, deep in the wilderness where nature and civilisation strangely intertwine. The curious ways of the community, their fruitful endeavours, and an uncanny encounter with baboons reveal a world both wondrous and touched with quiet mystery.