and no wonder, for there, quite naked, the head which Curtis' battle-axe had shorn from the body resting on its knees, was the gaunt corpse of Twala, the last king of the Kukuanas.
ez zen batere harritzekoa, hantxe bait zegoen, larrutsik, Curtisen aizkorak gorputzetik moztutako burua belaunen gainean jarrita zuela, Twala, kukuanatarren azken erregearen gorpu iluna.