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wrath,' as it well may be after the rains? Oh, surely his Spirit has

turned from Umbelazi!"

"Aye, Macumazahn," he answered, "I, too, think that ufulatewe idhlozi

[that is, his own Spirit] has turned its back on hiood councillor Indeed, were I the prince," added the old

fellow shrewdly, "I would not keep him whose wife I had stolen as the

whisperer in ood-bye

Two days later, early in the ain and said

that Panda wished to seeseated and before hiireat battle between

my sons will take place within a few days Therefore I aiment, under the command of Maputa the skilled in

war to spy out the battle, and I pray that you will go with it, that

you ive to the General Maputa and to the captains the help of

your wisdom Now these are my orders to you, Maputa, and to you, O

captains--that you take no part in the fight unless you should see that

the Elephant, my son U him out if you can and save him alive Now repeat my words to

me"