"
"I hope so too," said Stephen, and the multitude of spectators gasped
to see the sacred person of the head witch-doctor, of whom they
evidently went in much fear, treated in such a way. Only Babemba
grinned, and even the king Bausi did not seem displeased.
But Imbozwi was not to be disposed of so easily, for presently, with
the help of sundry myrmidons, minor witch-doctors, he scrambled out of
the grave, cursing and covered with mud, for it was wet down there.
After that I took no more heed of him or of much else. Seeing that I
had only half an hour to live, as may be imagined, I was otherwise
engaged.
CHAPTER XI
THE COMING OF DOGEETAH
The sunset that day was like the sunrise, particularly fine, although
as in the case of the tea, I remembered little of it till afterwards.
In fact, thunder was about, which always produces grand cloud effects
in Africa.
The sun went down like a great red eye, over which there dropped
suddenly a black eyelid of cloud with a fringe of purple lashes.
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