were one of us, found ourselves standing
stiffly to attention, cautiously respectful in his
presence. In addressing him we had always
used the familiar form of “you,” ante; now we
found ourselves switching to the more formal
“you,” ersiwo . He moved into a bigger, more
lavish office in the Palace of Menelik … He
began using the Emperor’s cars … We were
supposed to have a revolution of equality;
now he had become the new Emperor.
The pattern of vicious circle depicted by the tr