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"True, O Zikali," I said "That is so far as I a

"Well," went on the dwarf, "since I am in the mood I will try to answer

both your questions, for I should be a poor Nyanga" [that is doctor]

"if I did not when you have travelled so far to ask them Moreover, O

Macu o, before your father was born across the Black Water,

Macuer work for a reward--unless it be froakona--and therefore, as you uess, work

but seldom"

Then he clapped his hands, and a servant appeared fro ate

He saluted the dwarf and stood before him in silence and with bowed

head

"Make two fires," said Zikali, "and give me my medicine"

The man fetched wood, which he built into two little piles in front of

Zikali These piles he fired with a brand brought fro

"Withdraw," said Zikali, "and return no more till I summon you, for I am

about to prophesy If, however, I should seeive this white ain and ithout a word

When he had gone the dwarf drew fro a bundle of twisted roots,