He tried to rush amongst my household.

Six men are holding him now." A fresh outburst of yells stopped Lakamba's discourse.

Angry voices shouted: "Hold him.

Beat him down.

Strike at his head." Then the clamour ceased with sudden completeness, as if strangled by a mighty hand, and after a second of surprising silence the voice of Willems was heard alone, howling maledictions in Malay, in Dutch, and in English.
"Listen," said Lakamba, speaking with unsteady lips, "he blasphemes his God.