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that he was very glad that this was the case, since Saduko was now one

of the most powerful men in the country, who could harm him much if he

chose, especially as some secret enemy had put it about of late that he,

Masapo, was an ene's House, and an evil-doer who practised

witchcraft In proof of his new friendship, however, Saduko had promised

that these slanders should be looked into and their originator punished,

if he or she could be found

Well, I congratulated hi furiously,"

as the French I was sure;

this weather was too cal to leap down some hidden precipice

Yet what could I do? Tell Masapo I had seen his wife being embraced by

another man? Surely that was not my business; it was Masapo's business

to attend to her conduct Also they would both deny it, and I had no

witness Tell him that Saduko's reconciliation with him was not sincere,

and that he had better look to hiht suit Saduko's book to make friends with Masapo, and

if I interfered I should onlyfor some secret end