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"Certainly, sir, if you are a friend of Macuourd

"I am that, Lady, and more than that, since I am a friend of your

husband, Saduko, also, as you will knohen I tell you that ht it must be so," she replied, "because of your--of your

stature Let the Prince accept the offering of his servant, who one day

hopes to be his subject," and, dropping upon her knee, she held out the

gourd to him Over it I saw their eyes meet He drank, and as he handed

back the vessel she said: "O Prince, ranted a ith you? I have that to tell which

you would perhaps do well to hear, since news sometimes reaches the ears

of humble women that escapes those of the men, oura hint which Ma about business and reat deal to tell

Uone by before, by the light of

the on-box, whence, according to

eneral, I saw her slip

back to the kraal silently as a snake, followed at a little distance by

the towering form of Umbelazi