Mavovo rose, and with
a little smile, went about his business.
"What does he mean about his Snake?" inquired Brother John curiously.
I told him as briefly as I could, and asked him if he could explain
the matter. He shook his head.
"The strangest example of native vision that I have ever heard of," he
answered, "and the most useful. Explain! There is no explanation,
except the old one that there are more things in heaven and earth,
etc., and that God gives different gifts to different men."
Then we ate our supper; I think one of the most joyful meals of which
I have ever partaken. It is wonderful how good food tastes when one
never expected to swallow another mouthful. After it was finished the
others went to bed but, with the still unconscious Hans for my only
companion, I sat for a while smoking by the fire, for on this high
tableland the air was chilly. I felt that as yet I could not sleep; if
for no other reason because of the noise that the Mazitu were making
in the town, I suppose in celebration of the execution of the terrible
witch-doctors and the return of Dogeetah.
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