After this I gave the business up and went to sleep again.
However, as it proved, Hans was quite right; in such matters he generally was right, for his senses were as keen as those of any wild beast.

At dawn I was once more awakened, this time by Mavovo, who reported that we were being surrounded by a regiment, or regiments.

I rose and looked out through the mist.

There, sure enough, in dim and solemn outline, though still far off, I perceived rank upon rank of men, armed men, for the light glimmered faintly upon their spears.
"What is to be done, Macumazana ?" asked Mavovo.
"Have breakfast, I think," I answered.

"If we are going to be killed it may as well be after breakfast as before," and calling the trembling Sammy, I instructed him to make the coffee.