Theysurelydonotknow,whentheywriteitintheirbooks,thattheyaredeclaringtheyhavecompromisedthehonorofEnglishmen。
Thepeoplereceivetheofferingwithadegreeofshame,andladiesmaybeseentohanditquicklytotheattendants,and,whentheyretire,laughuntilthetearsstandintheireyes,sayingtothoseaboutthem,“Isthatawhiteman?thenthereareniggardsamongthemtoo。
Someofthemarebornwithouthearts!”Onewhitetrader,havingpresentedanOLDGUNtoachief,becameastandingjokeinthetribe:
“Thewhitemanwhomadeapresentofagunthatwasnewwhenhisgrandfatherwassuckinghisgreat-grandmother。”
Whenthesetricksarerepeated,thenativescometotheconclusionthatpeoplewhoshowsuchawantofsensemustbetoldtheirduty;