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Apparently Mameena continued to be the recipient of information which

she found it necessary to communicate in private to the prince At any

rate, on sundry subsequent evenings the dullness of raceful figure gliding home

from the kloof that Umbelazi seemed to find a very suitable spot

for reflection after sunset On one of the last of these occasions I

re coon for

some medicine for her baby

"What does it one by,

as they thought unobserved, since ere standing where they could not

see us

"I don't know, and I don't want to know," I answered sharply

"Neither do I, Macumazahn; but without doubt we shall learn in time If

the crocodile is patient and silent the buck always drops into its jaws

at last"

On the day after Nandie made this wise remark Saduko started on a

mission, as I understood, to win over several doubtful chiefs to the

cause of Indhlovu-ene-sihlonti (the Elephant-with-the-tuft-of-hair), as

the Prince Uh not to his face

This mission lasted ten days, and before it was concluded an i Mae, and said that she could