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Thus, then, my father, did the words of Baleka come true, and thus, because of the crafty policy of Chaka, I grew greater in the land than ever I had been before. I chose the cattle, they were fat; I chose the wives, they were fair; but I took no pleasure in them, nor were any more children born to me.
Had they kept that impi to fall on the rest of the English when they walked into the trap, not a man of your people would have been left alive. Would that have happened in the time of Chaka?" "I think not, Zikali. Still I am glad that it did happen." "I think not too, Macumazahn, but small men, small wit.
Now, as I imagined, all were dead and I walked alone; doubtless I also should soon be dead. Well, people lived few days and evil in those times, and what did it matter? At the least I had wreaked vengeance on Chaka and satisfied my heart.
Thus she prayed to Umslopogaas in her low sweet voice, and his heart was shaken in him, though, indeed, he did not now purpose to give Nada to Dingaan, as Baleka was given to Chaka, perhaps in the end to meet the fate of Baleka. "There are many, Nada," he said, "who would think it no misfortune that they should be given as a wife to the first of chiefs."
"Is all prepared, Mopo?" "All is prepared, Black One," I answered. "The regiment of the Slayers will be here by noon." "Where are the princes, Mopo?" asked the king again. "The princes sit with their wives in the houses of their women, O King," I answered; "they drink beer and sleep in the laps of their wives." Chaka smiled grimly, "For the last time, Mopo!" "For the last time, O King."
There they remained like seeds in the earth, there they grew to bring forth fruit in their season. And thus ended the great Ingomboco of Chaka, the greatest Ingomboco that ever was held in Zululand.
Then I answered that I did not know, they had been summoned, but the way was long and the time short for so many to march so far. "Dogs should run swiftly when their master calls, Mopo, my servant," said Chaka, and the dreadful light came into his eyes that never shone in the eyes of any other man.
So we went on, and piece by piece I learned what had happened at the king's kraal. On the day after I left, it came to the ears of Chaka, by the mouth of his spies, that my second wife Anadi was sick and spoke strange words in her sickness. Then, taking three soldiers with him, he went to my kraal at the death of the day.
So the time wore on, and at length came the day of the new moon. At the dawn of that day Umslopogaas arose and clad himself in a moocha, binding the she-wolf's skin round his middle beneath the moocha. In his hand he took a stout fighting-shield, which he had made of buffalo hide, and that same light moon-shaped axe with which he had slain the captain of Chaka.
On that very day there had been an Ingomboco, and five of the bravest captains of the army had been smelt out by the Abangoma, the witch-finders, together with many others. All had been destroyed, and men had been sent to kill the wives and children of the dead. Now Chaka was very angry at this slaying, and opened his heart to me.
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