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"So, so! For that folly alone I deserve to die, for she ould

reign"--and her beautiful eyes flashed royally--"er's

heart, not that of a woman Well, because I was too kind I o hence awaited by

thousands upon thousands that I have sent before reeted presently by your son, Indhlovu-ene-Sihlonti, and his warriors,

greeted as the Inkosazana of Death, with red, lifted spears and with the

royal salute!

"Now, I have spoken Walk your little road, O King and Prince and

Councillors, till you reach the gulf into which I sink, that yawns for

all of you O King, when you ulf,

what a tale you will have to tell , you whose heart henceforth must be eaten out by a worm that is

called Love-of-the-Lost O Prince and Conqueror Cetewayo, what a tale

you will have to tell ulf,

you ill bring your nation to a wreck and at last die as I must

die--only the servant of others and by the will of others Nay, askof your House

and will see its end Oh, yes, as you say, I am a witch, and I know, I

know! Come, I a

but fools whom it is so easy toPiff! I a, and I am tired of