Altogether I must have appeared a most disreputable object.
Some indication of his opinion was given, however, in a remark, which of course I pretended not to understand, that I overheard him make to one of his officers: "Truly," he said, "we must not always look to the strong for strength.
And yet this little white porcupine is strength itself, for see how much damage he has wrought us.

Also consider his eyes that appear to pierce everything.

Jana himself might fear those eyes.

Well, time that grinds the rocks will tell us all." All of this I caught perfectly, my ears being very sharp, although he thought that he spoke out of my hearing, for after spending a month in their company I understood the Kendah dialect of Bantu very well.
Having delivered himself thus he rode nearer and said: "You, Prophet Marut, my enemy, have heard the terms of me, Simba the King, and have accepted them.

Therefore discuss them no more.