Save me!"
Now I saw that the joke had gone too far, for the soldiers were
beginning to string their bows in confusion. Luckily at this moment,
the sun at length came out almost opposite to us.
"O Babemba," I said in a solemn voice, "it is true that this magic
shield, which we have brought as a gift to you, gives you another
self. Henceforth your labours will be halved, and your pleasures
doubled, for when you look into this shield you will be not one but
two. Also it has other properties--see," and lifting the mirror I used
it as a heliograph, flashing the reflected sunlight into the eyes of
the long half-circle of men in front of us. My word! didn't they run.
"Wonderful!" exclaimed old Babemba, "and can I learn to do that also,
white lord?"
"Certainly," I answered, "come and try. Now, hold it so while I say
the spell," and I muttered some hocus-pocus, then directed it towards
certain of the Mazitu who were gathering again. "There! Look! Look!
You have hit them in the eye. You are a master of magic.
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