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secret Why should I tell the triumphant Cetewayo that Umbelazi had been

driven to die by his own hand; why should I lay bare Saduko's victory

and shame? All these matters had passed into the court of a different

tribunal Who was I that I should reveal thee the actors of

this terrible drama?

"O Cetewayo," I said, "as it chanced I saw the end of Umbelazi No enemy

killed him He died of a broken heart upon a rock above the river; and

for the rest of the story go ask the Tugela into which he fell"

For a moment Cetewayo hid his eyes with his hand

"Is it so?" he said presently "Wow! I say again that had it not been

for Saduko, the son of Matiwane, yonder, who had some quarrel with

Indhlovu-ene-Sihlonti about a woht have been I who died of a broken heart upon a rock above the

river Oh, Saduko, I owe you a great debt and will pay you well; but you

shall be no friend of mine, lest we also should chance to quarrel about

a wo of a broken heart on a rock

above a river O my brother Umbelazi, I ether ere little and loved each other

once, who in the end fought for a toy that is called a throne, since,

as our father said, two bulls cannot live in the saone and I remain, yet who knows but that at the last your

lot may be happier than mine You died of a broken heart, Umbelazi, but

of what shall I die, I wonder?"[] [--That history of Cetewayo's fall and tragic death and of

Zikali's vengeance I hope to write one day, for in these

events also I was destined to play a part--A Q] I have given this interview in detail, since it was because of it that

the saying went abroad that Umbelazi died of a broken heart