IntheafternoonsomenativescriedoutthatKittakarawascoming，andLieutenant-ColonelAbd-el-Kader，withafewmen，immediatelywentouttomeethim。
Kittakarawouldnotapproachwithinlessthanaboutahundredyards，butheassuredAbd-el-KaderthattheoutbreakwasnotthefaultofKabbaRega，butthattheresponsibilitylaywithMatonse，whohadescaped，andthatheshouldbecapturedanddelivereduptome。
HecontinuedtoassureAbd-el-KaderthatKabbaRegahadalreadyorderedprovisionsandalargenumberofelephants’tuskstobecollectedforus，andthat，althoughforthepresenthewashidingthroughfearinthehighgrass，hewouldquicklyrebuildhisdivanclosetomyown，soastoliveinfriendship。
ItwasimpossibletocreditonesyllableinUnyoro。Ontheotherhand，shouldIbeunabletobringtheenemytoterms，Ishouldbechainedtothespot，asitwouldbeimpossibletotransportmybaggage。
Itwasanawkwardposition。Thetreacheryhadbeenfrightful，andI