18/31 There can be no mistake, for one eye is gone in my other self." "Advance, O Babemba," cried the doctor who had tried to drink all the coffee, "and see what happens. Keep your spear ready, and if your witch-self attempts to harm you, kill it." Thus encouraged, Babemba lifted his spear and dropped it again in a great hurry. "My other self lifts a spear also, and what is more all of you who should be behind are in front of me. The holy drink has made me drunk; I am bewitched. Save me!" Now I saw that the joke had gone too far, for the soldiers were beginning to string their bows in confusion. |