Knowing his old master, it could very well be.
Shaban knew his master too well to venture upon any further opposition.
"And you have known your master a long time?"
How well does a slave ever get to know their master?
"Did you know your master was coming here tonight?"
It is a lesson to us all, that we should trust the integrity of the beast, which knows only its true master.
But Antimo knew his master far too well to be fooled.
The ceremonial doves know their master, and nobody around here needs to be told who that is.
Edwards knew his master as no one else did.