"But stay--before you answer, I will speak what I know," and I repeated what I had learned from Hans, who confirmed my words, and from Harut and Marut, leaving out, however, any mention of their dealings with Lady Ragnall.
"It is all true," said Babemba when I had finished, "for that old woman of whom Light-in-the-Darkness speaks, was one of the wives of my uncle and I knew her well.

Hearken! These Kendah are a terrible nation and countless in number and of all the people the fiercest.

Their king is called Simba, which means Lion.

He who rules is always called Simba, and has been so called for hundreds of years.

He is of the Black Kendah whose god is the elephant Jana, but as Light-in-Darkness has said, there are also the White Kendah who are Arab men, the priests and traders of the people.