And yet I wish I were a man again and had my hands on the throat of that wizard Nam.

_Wow!_ but I would squeeze it." "It is your throat that will be squeezed soon, Otter," said Leonard.
"Look here, god or no god, get you sober or I will beat you." "I am sober, Baas, I am indeed.

Last night I was drunk, to-day nothing is left but a pain here," and he tapped his great head.

"Why are you tying up that old cow Soa, Baas ?" "Because she threatens to use her horns, Otter.

She says that she will betray us all." "Indeed, Baas! Well, it is in my mind that she has betrayed us already.
Why do you not kill her and have done ?" "Because the Shepherdess here will have none of it," answered Leonard; "also I do not like the task." "I will kill her if you wish, Baas," said Otter with another hiccough.
"She is wicked, let her die." "I have told you that the Shepherdess will have none of it.