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That evening at sunset, just as I was about to trek, for the King had

given reatest desire in life

seeood-bye to Zululand and the Zulus--I saw a strange,

beetle-like shape hobbling up the hill towards

men It was Zikali

He passeda motion that I was to follow

him, which I did out of curiosity, I suppose, for Heaven knows I had

seen enough of the old wizard to last me for a lifetime He reached a

flat stone about a hundred yards above my camp, where there was no bush

in which anyone could hide, and sat hi to another

stone in front of him, on which I sat myself down Then the twous quite alone

"So you are going away, O Macuy, "who, if I could have had o"

"Yes, yes, I know that; but it would have been a great pity, would it

not? If you had gone, Macue little story, and you, who love to study the hearts of men