Ibrahim interrogated him, but the man could not, or would not, understand.
One of the Arabs, however, was able to act as interpreter.
“Ask him where he got the belt,” said Ibrahim.
The man was smart and cute, and replied by asking what he would get if he told all he knew.
He was promised his freedom, and then the man’s mouth was opened and his tongue loosened.
He said that his people had met some white men and a girl, and that all had been killed. The belt belonged to the girl, and she was nice.
Ibrahim, horrified at the story, asked what had become of the dead bodies.
The man pointed to his mouth, and then rubbed his abdomen, indicating that the murdered Girzilla and her friends had been eaten.
Ibrahim was so enraged that he forgot his promise.
The man was to have his freedom.