Do you not remember his last words: 'I will haunt you while you live, and when you cease to live, ah! then we shall meet again'?
Oh! from that hour to this he _has_ haunted me, Macumazahn--he and the others; and now, now we are about to meet as he promised." Then once more he hid his eyes and groaned.
"He is mad," I whispered to Nandie.
"Perhaps.

Who knows ?" she answered, shaking her head.
Saduko uncovered his eyes.
"Make 'the-thing-that-burns' brighter," he gasped, "for I do not perceive him so clearly when it is bright.

Oh! Macumazahn, he is looking at you and whispering.

To whom is he whispering?
I see! to Mameena, who also looks at you and smiles.

They are talking.