The sight of him comforted me, in spite of his tale.
'But what can he hope to do ?' I asked.

'Though he roused every Kaffir in South Africa he would be beaten.

You say he is an educated man.

He must know he has no chance in the long run.' 'I said he was an educated man, but he is also a Kaffir.

He can see the first stage of a thing, and maybe the second, but no more.