He was constantly troubled with a most distressing complaint, and in addition to this he would be seized with fits of depression, when he would remain in his hut for days at a time without venturing out.

I always knew what was the matter with him when he was not to be seen.
Sometimes I would go in to try and cheer him up, but usually it was a hopeless effort on my part.
Of course he had a wife given him, and this young person seemed to consider him quite an ordinary specimen of the white man.

Indeed, she was vastly flattered, rather than otherwise, by the attentions lavished upon her husband by her people.

One reason for this treatment was that she was considered a privileged person to be related in any way to one whom the natives regarded as almost a demi-god.

She looked after him too, and kept his hut as clean as possible.