Now I have nothing left in the world; Swart Piet has taken my cattle which I earned cow by cow and bred up heifer by heifer, and save for the wit within my brain and this kaross upon my shoulders, I have nothing." "What, then, will you do, Sihamba ?" "What you do, Swallow, that I shall do, for am I not your slave bought at a great price?
I will go home with you and serve you, yes, to my life's end." "That would please me well enough, Sihamba, but I do not know how it would please my father." "What pleases you pleases him, Swallow; moreover, I can save my food twice over by curing his cattle and horses in sickness, for in such needs I have skill." "Well," she said, "come, and when my father returns we will settle how it shall be.".