The result of this was that I immediately became a prime favourite of the king.  There was no further pretence of treating me as a prisoner, but, on the contrary, I was loaded with honours.  A large house was assigned to my use, with a complete staff of servants to attend to my wants; an abundant supply of food was daily sent to me from the royal table; and, as I understood it, I was appointed physician in ordinary to the royal household.  Another result--to which I did not attach nearly sufficient importance at the moment--was that I made an implacable and deadly enemy of Mafuta, the chief witch-doctor.