But I am sure that it is the work of neither of these, but of Saduko, your old friend, though what his object is I cannot tell you.
I only trust," he added uneasily, "that it will not end in bloodshed between the Great Brothers." "So Saduko has grown tall, Maputa ?" "Tall as a tree, Macumazahn.

His whisper in the King's ear is louder than the shouts of others.

Moreover, he has become a 'self-eater' [that is a Zulu term which means one who is very haughty].

You will have to wait on him, Macumazahn; he will not wait on you." "Is it so ?" I answered.

"Well, tall trees are blown down sometimes." He nodded his wise old head.