Bitiou [to the Steward] You content. You still got all your corn.

He laughs, his comrades laugh with him.

Nourm. You, we like you.

Bitiou. You—good! We—good!

Sokiti. See!

Bitiou [collecting two ideas] Wait: neighboring master bad. They bad. [To the others] Heh?—Heh?—you see—Heh? Heh? [All three draw themselves up proudly and laugh] And the steward he bad, he dead—well done!

Satni. What would he say?

Sokiti [laughing] They took the steward and then—[Chokes with laughter].

Nourm. They gave him back all the blows of the stick they had had from him.