The old fellow received the news with more resignation than I had anticipated.

Fixing his one eye upon me, he said: "Macumazana, these words are what I expected from you.

Had any other man spoken them I should have declared that he was quite mad.

But I remember that I said this when you determined to visit the Pongo, and that you came back from their country safe and sound, having done wonderful things there, and that it was the Pongo who suffered, not you.

So I believe it will be again, so far as you are concerned, Macumazana, for I think that some devil goes with you who looks after his own.