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"And did you speak to her father?"

"Yes, I spoke to him, but in an evil moment, for he had but just killed

the cattle to furnish Panda's shields He answered hly He

said: 'You see these dead beasts which I and , or fall under his displeasure? Well, bring e with hter, who is a

maid in some request' "I answered that I understood and would try entle, for Umbezi has a kindly heart

"'My son,' he said, 'I like you well, and since I saw you save

Macumazahn, my friend, from that mad wild beast of a buffalo I like

you better than before Yet you know my case I have an old name and

am called the chief of a tribe, and hter of mine is worth much Such a woman few men have bred

Well, I must make the best of her My son-in-law e, one to who,[] to break off some of its bark to make a fire to

comfort me, not one who treads me into the mire as the buffalo did to

Macumazahn Now I have spoken, and I do not love such talk Come back