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Well, I reached ed

business entries in my note-book, in order to divert my

mind as much as I could, when suddenly I heard atowards ht impossible in so fat a man, while after him raced the

fierce-faced executioners, and behind came the mob

"Kill the evil-doer!" they shouted

Masapo reached : "Save me, Macuot no farther, for the slayers had leapt on hied him fro I left Nodwengu without saying good-bye to anyone, for what

had happened there e My servant, Scowl, and one

of my hunters remained, however, to collect some cattle that were still

due to me

Athe

cattle, they told me that Mameena, theof Masapo, had entered the

house of Saduko as his second wife In answer to a question which I put

to them, they added that it was said that the Princess Nandie did

not approve of this choice of Saduko, which she thought would not be

fortunate for hi him happiness As her husband seemed to be

much enamoured of Mameena, however, she had waived her objections, and

when Panda asked if she gave her consent had told hih she

would prefer that Saduko should choose some other woman who had not been

mixed up with the wizard who killed her child, she was prepared to take

Mameena as her sister, and would kno to keep her in her place