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"Must I then love every stray cur that licks your hand, Umbelazi? Oh, no

need to tell me he is your friend, for I knoas you who put it

into our father's heart to allow hiu and steal his cattle,

which I hold to be an ill deed, for now the Great House is thatched

with his reeds and Bangu's blood is on its doorposts Moreover, he who

wrought the wrong is to coht I know

to be called a prince, like you and iven to hie? Certainly, Umbelazi,

you would do well to take the cattle which this white trader has

refused, for allup, straightening hiht, and spoke in a voice that was thick with passion

"I pray your leave to withdraw, O King," he said, "since if I stay here

longer I shall grow sorry that I have no spear in o I will tell the truth Cetewayo hates Saduko, because, knowing hireat, he sought hi, 'Sit you in my shadow,' after he had promised to sit in

mine Therefore it is that he heaps these taunts upon me Let him deny

it if he can"