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and European policy down, for her thirst for knowledge seemed to be

insatiable But what really interested her was the state of affairs in

Zululand, hich she kneell acquainted, as a person who

had played a part in its history and as received and trusted at the

Great House, and as a white ns and plans of

the Boers and of the Governor of Natal

Now, if the old king, Panda, should chance to die, she would ask me,

which of his sons did I think would succeed him--Umbelazi or Cetewayo,

or another? Or, if he did not chance to die, which of them would he name

his heir?

I replied that I was not a prophet, and that she had better ask Zikali

the Wise

"That is a very good idea," she said, "only I have no one to take o with Saduko, his ward"

Then she clapped her hands and added: "Oh, Macumazahn, will you take me?

My father would trust me with you"

"Yes, I dare say," I answered; "but the question is, could I trust

myself with you?"