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is but a beginning of deaths? Now do you understand?"

"I understand that you are a very wicked nation

"At least you should not say so, Macu of truth in it

"Why not?"

"Because I saved your life on that day You escaped alone of the White

Men, did you not? And you never could understand why, could you?"

"No, I could not, Zikali I put it down to what you would call 'the

spirits'"

"Well, I will tell you Those spirits of yours wore hed "I saw you with the Boers, and saw, too, that you were of

another people--the people of the English Youat the Great Place, although I kept out of the

way and we did not meet, or at least you never knew that we met, for you

were--asleep Also I pitied your youth, for, although you do not believe

it, I had a little bit of heart left in those days Also I knew that we

should coain in the after years, as you see we have done

to-day and shall often do until the end So I told Dingaan that whoever

died you e'

[ie the English] to avenge you, and your ghost would enter into him

and pour out a curse upon him He believed athered about his head that one more

or less made no matter So you see you were spared, Macumazahn, and

afterwards you helped to pour out a curse upon Dingaan without becohost, which is the reason why Panda likes you so well to-day, Panda,

the eneaan, his brother You remember the woo with you afterwards,

Macumazahn, with you and the Boerlove in those days?"