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Would his sin find him out? he wondered. Before he could answer that question, it was necessary first to determine whether or no he had committed a sin. The man before him that gentle and yet impassioned man bore in his vitals the seed of death which he, Hokosa, had planted there. Was it wrong to have done this? It depended by which standard the deed was judged.
Then, placing one foot upon his bent head as if in scorn, she leaned forward, her long hair flying to the wind, and cursed Nodwengo and his people, naming them renegades and apostates, and cursed the soldiers of Hafela, naming them cowards, calling down upon them the malison of their ancestors. Hokosa heard and muttered: "For your soul's sake, woman, repent! repent, ere it be too late!"
"Hokosa," said the king, "you have dealt treacherously with me in the past, but I believe now that your heart is true; at the least I follow the commands of our dead master and trust you. Listen: the outposts have sighted an impi of many regiments advancing towards the Great Place, though whether or no it be my own impi returning victorious from the war with my brother, I cannot say.
Time after time they sprang, and time after time they fell back dead or wounded, till at last, dashing forward in one dense column, they poured over the stones as the rising tide pours over the rocks on the sea-shore, driving the defenders before them by the sheer weight of numbers. "This game is played!" cried Hokosa. "Fly now to the eastern gate, for here we can do nothing more."
Now Owen saw that all those present were looking at him curiously. It was evident they believed that he would not dare to accept the challenge. Therefore he answered at once and without hesitation: "Certainly I will come; the pole is heavy for one man to carry, and where Hokosa goes, there I can go also."
"Then cause some other to give it and let him bear the blame," suggested Noma languidly. Hokosa made no answer, but walking to the gate of the kraal, which was open, he leaned against it lost in thought.
"Have you anything to say?" asked the king of the prisoner. "Are you guilty of the crime whereof this man who was your husband charges you, or does he lie?" Then the woman answered in a low and broken voice: "I am guilty, King. Listen to my story:" and she told it all as she told it to Hokosa.
There is but one thing which you need fear it is the magic of the Messenger, to whom it is given to read the secret thoughts of men. But of him take no account, for he is my charge, and before ever you set a foot within the Great Place he shall have taken his answer back to Him Who sent him." Hokosa finished speaking. "Have you heard?" he said to Noma. "I have heard." "Then speak the message."
Say to my brother also that it will indeed be ill for him if he attempts treachery upon Hokosa, for the man who causes his blood to flow will surely die, and after death shall be accursed for ever." The herald went, and presently a horn was blown. "Now it comes into my mind that we part for the last time," said Nodwengo in a troubled voice as he took the hand of Hokosa.
I will not force myself upon a man who scorns me, no, not even to share his place and power, though it is true that I love them both. Nay, I will return to Hokosa my guardian, and to his wife, Zinti, who has been as my mother, and with them be at peace." "It is well," said the king, "and perhaps, girl, your choice is wise; perhaps your loss is not so great as you have thought.
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