As I contemplated him advancing with kingly dignity, an obsequious guard following his steps, I could not help recalling to my mind the tall Zulu who had presented himself to us at Durban some few months back, asking to be taken into our service, and reflecting on the strange revolutions of the wheel of fortune.
Aurrera zetorrela ikusi nuenean erregeen duintasunez, zerbitzari laguntzailea atzetik zihoakiola, nahigabe burura etorri zitzaidan Durbanen zenbait hilabete lehenago gure zerbitzari izateko bere burua aurkeztu zigun zulutar tantaia, eta zoriaren gurpilak izaten dituen gorabeheretan pentsatu nuen.