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home with thee, he went back to the city to speak 
with Cfambella; on again returning here, he quietly 
summoned Silva Porto’s men, and got them together in 
his own hut. I was on the alert and listened, and 
heard them talk about getting thee put to death. 
Yerissimo was there too. They said that, as thou didst 
not understand the Lui language, when thou saidst one 
thing to the King, they would say another, and answer 
in the same way, so that the King should get angry, 
and order thee to be killed. So be cautious—for they 
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are all bad—very bad ! ” I warmly thanked the young 
girl for her advice and courage, and gave her the only 
necklace of beads I had left, and which I destined for 
one of Machauana’s favourites. 
This intelligence of Mariana was a heavy blow to 
me. The men in whom I most trusted were then the 
first to betray me ! A thousand sad thoughts trooped 
through my mind, and, though they did not shake my 
courage, they completely banished sleep from my eye¬ 
lids. It was true that Mariana’s caution gave me an 
enormous advantage over my enemies, who remained 
