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He came here and asked me to give him Nomalie as his wife, offering the cattle he had stolen as an installment of the dowry, the balance of which he would pay later on, when able to do so. I consented, as I wanted to make up to the girl for any previous hardness, so she went as the wife of Xolilizwe to the kraal of his uncle, old Kwababana.
The pick was stuck into the soft ground next to it, so I inferred that Nomalie had buried the body of her husband and gone home. "I went up to Kwababana's kraal, but Nomalie was not there. Old Kwababana was healthy in body for so old a man, but he was very childish, and just then the loss of his cow had quite upset him.
"When I returned on the second-last day of the old moon, I was quite surprised to hear that Kwababana was quite well. "As no one had heard of a killing, there was much speculation going on as to where a skull had been obtained; it being usual to kill for this purpose nearly a month before the feast although this, again, is not a necessary condition.
"I thought over the matter myself, and I found that the only three men about here whose skulls would do, were Kwababana Xolilizwe's uncle Xolilizwe, and myself. I at once made up my mind that Kwababana would be the man, because he was very old, and besides his rank was highest, his father having been the brother of Madikane.
Xolilizwe dwelt with his uncle Kwababana a very old man over the hill at the back of the cliff facing the Ghoda. He was a few years older than Nomalie, and he often used to stay for weeks at a time here at my kraal. Xolilizwe was all that a young man should be, except that he was poor, and his uncle, old Kwababana, could give him nothing.
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