"And we can bite," I said haughtily, though how we were to bite or do
anything else effectual with nothing but a Union Jack, I did not in
the least know.
"What is that thing?" asked Bausi, pointing to the flag.
"That which shadows the whole earth," I answered proudly, a remark
that seemed to impress him, although he did not at all understand it,
for he ordered a soldier to hold a palm leaf umbrella over him to
prevent it from shadowing /him/.
"And that," he asked again, pointing to the music box, "which is not
alive and yet makes a noise?"
"That sings the war-song of our people," I said. "We sent it to you as
a present and you returned it. Why do you return our presents, O
Bausi?"
Then of a sudden this potentate grew furious.
"Why do you come here, white men," he asked, "uninvited and against
the law of my land, where only one white man is welcome, my brother
Dogeetah, who cured me of sickness with a knife? I know who you are.
You are dealers in men. You come here to steal my people and sell them
into slavery.
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