I told her to say to you that you and the others would be safer here than in Natal at present.
It seems that you hearkened and came.

That is all." "Yes, I hearkened and came.

But, Zikali, that is not all, for you know well that you sent for me for your own sake, not for mine." "O Macumazahn, who can prevent a needle from piercing cloth when it is pushed by a finger like yours?
Your wits are too sharp for me, Macumazahn; your eyes read through the blanket of cunning with which I would hide my thought.

You speak truly.

I did send for you for my own sake as well as for yours.