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Also, he is the king's friend: the friends of the king are his friends; and the enemies of the king are his enemies." "Come you to me with a message from Machenga?" I demanded. "If so, proceed; my ears are open." "Au!" ejaculated the unknown one. "Chia'gnosi is very wise; he understands.
But she instantly recovered herself, and, stretching out her right hand, swathed in silken wrappings, exclaimed in a low, pleasant voice: "Greeting, and many welcomes, Chia'gnosi!
And therewith, as the man's words fixed themselves in my memory, the vision faded; and, opening my eyes, I found myself staring into those of Bimbane, who was still bending over me. "Well, Chia'gnosi," said she, with a smile that, even on her withered features, I somehow thought very sweet and engaging, "you have slept long. Have you seen aught?" "Yes," said I, rising to my feet.
He paused and left me for a moment while the wagon was getting into motion and the impi was forming up round it; then, when we were fairly under way, he came to my side again, and remarked: "Au, Chia'gnosi! thine arrival at Gwanda was well timed; for many are still alive who, but for thee, would have lain dead in the great square before the setting of yonder sun.
For a few seconds the king stared stupidly at Machenga's dead body, as though he could not believe the evidence of his own eyes; then he turned to me and said: "Truly, Chia'gnosi, thou art well named, for thy lightning has slain him who was as we have always known him, even when the oldest living man in Mashonaland was a boy running at his mother's heels.
"Nay," answered I; "I know nothing of them, save that their country lies far to the north, and that they have much gold." "That is true," returned Mapela. "Then, let us start, for delay is dangerous; and if we linger, the Great, Great One may change his mind and not suffer thee to go at all. Yonder is the way, up that valley. Give the word, Chia'gnosi.
"Chia'gnosi has good eyes; nothing escapes him; he sees even the little red ticks that hide themselves on the blades of the grass. If his ears are as good as his eyes he will perchance have heard of one named Machenga." "I have heard of such an one," I answered cautiously. "What have you heard of him?" demanded the unknown.
"Aha, Chia'gnosi," he exclaimed, "welcome to my house, for I perceive that something of import has happened at the palace, and that you have indeed left it, as you resolved to do!" "Yes," said I. "I have left the palace, never to return to it; for I have quarrelled with Bimbane beyond all possibility of reconciliation.
At all events, when the revelation was complete, it was upon me that he turned, demanding sharply: "And now, Chia'gnosi, having revealed the evil, reveal also the remedy." "That, O Great, Great One, is easy," I replied. "Let there be no more smelling out, and there will be no more mistakes." "No more smelling out?" he repeated. "Then how shall those who meditate evil against me be found?"
"I, too, trust that it will be for good, Chia'gnosi, otherwise you would never have been allowed to come here," answered the queen. "My prescience which has never yet deceived me tells me that in you I shall find a man who can be either a true, loyal, steadfast friend, or an implacable enemy; and as I am determined to make you my friend, I am not afraid.
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