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"is the tooth of a deadly serpent, that, after it has been doctored, is

used by woe the heart of a man froo

"Stay!" said the King "Who set these foul charms in the doorway of

Saduko's hut?"

"How can I tell, O King, unless I make preparation and cast the bones

and smell out the evil-doer? You have heard the story of the woman

Nahana Accept it or reject it as your heart tells you"

"If that story be true, O Zikali, how comes it that you yourself smelt

out, not Mameena, the wife of Masapo, but Masapo, her husband, hi of the child of

Nandie?"

"You err, O King I, Zikali, smelt out the House of Masapo Then I

s for it first in the hair of Ma it in the kaross of Masapo I never save the poison That was the judg Nay, I kneell that there was more in the matter, and had you

paid me another fee and bade me to continue to use ic stuff hidden in the hut, and mayhap

have learned the name of the hider But I eary, who am very old;

and as it to o? Masapo, who, being your secret enemy, was a man who deserved to

die--if not for this matter, then for others"