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"Greeting, son Saduko!" he said in a deep, ru voice "Why are you

back here so soon, and why do you bring this flea of a white man with

you?"

Now this wasfor ive me a poor name, O Zikali What would you think of me if I

called you a beetle of a wizard?"

"I should think you clever," he answered after reflection, "for after

all Ilike a beetle with a white head But why

should you ht and so

do you, Macumazahn; a flea is active and so are you; a flea is very hard

to catch and kill and so are you; and lastly a flea drinks its fill of

that which it desires, the blood of man and beast, and so you have done,

do, and will, Macuh that rolled

and echoed about the rocky roof above

Once, long years before, I had heard that laugh, when I was a prisoner

in Dingaan's kraal, after the ain

While I was searching for soh I thought of plenty afterwards, ceasing of a sudden from his

unseemly mirth, he went on: "Do not let us waste ti, and