It is true Masapo is an obstinate pig; still, if he knows that his own life is at stake, he might give way.

Moreover, when she learns that Saduko has grown rich and great, Mameena might help me.

Oh, I thank you, Macumazahn; you are indeed the prop of my hut, and it and all in it are yours.

Farewell, farewell, Macumazahn, if you must go.

But why--why did you not run away with Mameena, and save me all this fear and trouble ?" So I and that old humbug, Umbezi, "Eater-up-of-Elephants," parted for a while, and never did I know him in a more chastened frame of mind, except once, as I shall tell..