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"You are mistaken, O Son of Panda," I answered; "the splendour of the

Aainst a 's councillor and the induna of the Black One [Chaka], who is gone

He lies yonder in his glory," and I pointed to Maputa's pierced body "I

did but fight as a soldier in his ranks"

"Oh, yes, we know that, we know all that, Macumazahn; and Maputa was a

clever ht him how to

jump Well, he is dead, and nearly all the Aiments but a handful is left; the vultures have the rest

of theood

fortune the spears ide of you, who doubtless are a ician, since

otherwise you and your servant and your horse would not have escaped

with a few scratches when everyone else was killed But you did escape,

as you have done before in Zululand; and now you see here lie certain

ainst whoht, I loved the best of all

of them Now, it has been whispered in my ear that you alone knohat

became of him, and, Macumazahn, I would learn whether he lives or is

dead; also, if he is dead, by whose hand he died, ould reward that

hand"

Now, I looked roundwhether I should tell the truth or

hold ue, and as I looked my eyes met those of Saduko, who, cold

and unconcerned, was seated a the captains, but at a little distance

from any of them--a man apart; and I remembered that he and I alone knew

the truth of the end of Umbelazi

Why, I do not know, but it came into my mind that I would keep the