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"Does he think much about Umbelazi, Tshoza?" I asked

"O Macu else; the Spirit of Uht"

"Indeed," I said "Can I see hio and ask the lady Nandie at once,

for, if you can, I believe there is no time to lose" And he left the

hut

Ten minutes later he returned with a wonified Nandie whom I used to know, only now so older than her years

"Greeting, Macuh it

is strange, very strange, that you should co journey, Macurief, and wondered whether he would

like to see me

"Yes, very much, Macumazahn; only be prepared to find him different from

the Saduko whom you knew Be pleased to follow me"

So ent out of Tshoza's hut, across a courtyard to another large hut,

which we entered It was lit with a good laht fire burned upon the hearth, so that the place was as light as

day At the side of the hut a man lay upon some blankets, watched by a

wo: "Drive him away! Drive him away! Cannot he suffer me to die in peace?"