But there was more work to do yet; for I perceived the savage whom I had knocked down was not killed, but stunned with the blow, and began to come to himself: so I pointed to him, and showed him the savage, that he was not dead; upon this he spoke some words to me, and though I could not understand them, yet I thought they were pleasant to hear; for they were the first sound of a man’s voice that I had heard, my own excepted, for above twenty-five years.
Lassan odaért hozzám, megint letérdelt, arccal a földre borult, megcsókolta azt, reá tette lábamat a fejére, mintha azt akarta volna kifejezni, hogy tegyek vele, amit akarok, mostantól a rabszolgám. Megfogtam a kezét és fölemeltem.