"Baas," he went on, "I have been listening--there is a very good hole
in this hut for listening if one lies against the wall and pretends to
be asleep. I have heard all and understood most of your talk with that
one-eyed savage and the Baas Stephen."
"Well, you little sneak, what of it?"
"Only, Baas, that if we do not want to be killed in this place from
which there is no escape, it is necessary that you should find out
exactly on what day and at what hour Dogeetah is going to arrive."
"Look here, you yellow idiot," I exclaimed, "if you are beginning that
game too, I'll----" then I stopped, reflecting that my temper was
getting the better of me and that I had better hear what Hans had to
say before I vented it on him.
"Baas, Mavovo is a great doctor; it is said that his Snake is the
straightest and the strongest in all Zululand save that of his master,
Zikali, the old slave. He told you that Dogeetah was laid up somewhere
with a hurt leg and that he was coming to meet you here; no doubt
therefore he can tell you also /when/ he is coming.
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