Well, he is our brother also, and it was by his invitation that we have come to visit you here, where he will meet us presently." "If Dogeetah is your friend, then you are my friends," answered Bausi, "for in this land he rules as I rule, he whose blood flows in my veins, as my blood flows in his veins.

But you lie.

Dogeetah is no brother of slave-dealers, his heart is good and yours are evil.

You say that he will meet you here.

When will he meet you?
Tell me, and if it is soon, I will hold my hand and wait to hear his report of you before I put you to death, for if he speaks well of you, you shall not die." Now I hesitated, as well I might, for I felt that looking at our case from his point of view, Bausi, believing us to be slave-traders, was not angry without cause.