"It is a great thing you have done."
"Bwana," cried Simba earnestly. "It is this: I would have the magic bone for my own. For it is a very great magic," he added wistfully.
Kingozi choked back an impulse to shout aloud.
"It is yours," he said gravely.
"Oh, bwana! bwana!" choked Simba. "Assanti! assanti sana!"
His sob was echoed at Kingozi's elbow.
"Oh," cried the Leopard Woman, "I know I should be sorry that this has come this way! But I'm not; I am glad!"
[CHAPTER XXX]
WINKLEMAN APPEARS
With the riches thus unexpectedly placed at his disposal, and legitimately his by the fortunes of war, Kingozi was enabled to proceed to the final grand exchange of gifts that assured his friendship with M'tela and sealed the alliance. He was spurred to his best efforts in this by the news, brought in by an alarmed Mali-ya-bwana, that Winkleman had escaped. However, by dint of rich presents, supplementing the careful diplomatic negotiations that had gone before, he arrived at an understanding.