Her curiosity led her to watch them.

She saw the two meet and stand for some time in loving converse.

Then one of the white men stole behind them and was about to fire his dreadful weapon, when Ziffak hurled his terrible javelin which pinned him to the ground.

Then the native woman hastened to the palace to tell the news, but she could not gain the chance for some time.
When the king turned upon his brother for an explanation of what he had done, Ziffak was prepared.

It was the intention of Burkhardt to shoot not the white man but the princess herself, because she had refused his love.