"Stay, Infadoos, by the sign of the snake about my middle, tell me the truth.

Has any white man to thy knowledge set his foot within the land ?" "None, O Ignosi." "If any white man had been seen or heard of, wouldst thou have known ?" "I should certainly have known." "Thou hearest, Incubu," said Ignosi to Sir Henry; "he has not been here." "Well, well," said Sir Henry, with a sigh; "there it is; I suppose that he never got so far.

Poor fellow, poor fellow! So it has all been for nothing.

God's will be done." "Now for business," I put in, anxious to escape from a painful subject.
"It is very well to be a king by right divine, Ignosi, but how dost thou propose to become a king indeed ?" "Nay, I know not.

Infadoos, hast thou a plan ?" "Ignosi, Son of the Lightning," answered his uncle, "to-night is the great dance and witch-hunt.