"No.
"Has he private means, then?"
"I not understand. Tea ready, bwana!"
"Has he got mali*?" Fred demanded.
"Mali? No. Him poor man."
——————— *Mali, Swahili word meaning possession, property. ———————
"Then how does he exist, if he has no mali and doesn't work?"
"Oh, one wife here, one there, one other place, an'
Tippoo Tib byumby him giving food."
"How many wives has he?"
"Tea ready, bwana!"