This done, we took the situation into our serious consideration.

Of course, it was possible that the apparition of the Masai warrior had nothing to do with us, that he was merely one of a band bent upon some marauding and murdering expedition against another tribe.

But when we recalled the threat of the caravan leader, and reflected on the ominous way in which the warrior had shaken his spear at us, this did not appear very probable.

On the contrary, what did seem probable was that the party was after us and awaiting a favourable opportunity to attack us.

This being so, there were two things that we could do -- one of which was to go on, and the other to go back.