He felt giddy and confused.

"Who have you with you ?" he asked.
"Two natives.

I think one is the young chief, and the other is one of his followers." Bathurst spoke to them in their native language, and found that Wilson was not mistaken.

As soon as he found that he was understood, the young chief poured out a volley of curses upon those who had attacked them.
Bathurst stopped him.

"We shall have time for that afterwards, Murad," he said; "the first thing is to see what had best be done.