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Masapo, in a hazy way, tried to reciprocate these kind intentions

Rising to his feet, his fat, coarse body swaying to and fro because of

the beer that he had drunk, he expressed satisfaction at the feast that

had been prepared in her house Then, his eyes falling on the child, he

began to declaim about its size and beauty, until he was stopped by the

natives it is held to be not

fortunate to praise a young child Indeed, the person who does so is apt

to be called an "u evil upon its

head, a word that I heard murmured by several near to me Not satisfied

with this serious breach of etiquette, the intoxicated Masapo snatched

the infant fro for the hurt

that had been caused to its brohen it fell to the ground atnone, proceeded to kiss it with his thick lips

Nandie dragged it fro death upon , she walked away from the feasters, upon whom there fell a

certain hush