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Still creeping forward, we found ourselves not twenty yards behind the litter, while far ahead I saw a broad, glimmering space of water with a high woody bank beyond. 'Dupree's Drift; whispered my warder. 'Courage, Inkoos; in an hour's time you will be free. Boer elephant guns. 'Henriques has already told us about the crossing at Dupree's Drift. Great chief.
"You must not call me lady, Inkoos," she answered, "I am no chieftainess, but only the daughter of a headman, Umgona." "And named Nanea," he said. "Nay, do not be surprised, I have heard of you. Well, Nanea, perhaps you will soon become a chieftainess up at the king's kraal yonder." "Alas! and alas!" she said, covering her face with her hands.
"He is of a royal house, no doubt; one can see it in his size and by his mien; so, mayhap, am I. At least, I am as great a man. Be my mouth, O Macumazahn, and say my words to the Inkoos Incubu, my master, for I would speak to him and to thee."
"Farewell Inkoos, and doubt not that your wish will be fulfilled. Go in peace Inkoos to sleep in peace." The prayer of the Bee notwithstanding, Philip Hadden slept ill that night. He felt in the best of health, and his conscience was not troubling him more than usual, but rest he could not.
"There is your water, Nanea, shall I carry it for you to the kraal?" "Nay, Inkoos, I thank you, but give it to me, you are weary with its weight." "Stay awhile, and I will accompany you. Ah! Nanea, I am still weak, and had it not been for you I think that I should be dead." "It was Nahoon who saved you not I, Inkoos." "Nahoon saved my body, but you, Nanea, you alone can save my heart."
"I understand," answered Kambula; "Dingaan's thoughts are his thoughts and your thoughts are your thoughts, and perhaps that is why he does not want to see you. Still, remember, Inkoos, that Dingaan has saved your life, snatching you unburned out of a very great fire, perhaps because you are of a different sort of wood, which he thinks it a pity to burn. Now, if you are ready, let us go."
Now hear me, for it is because I love you and wish your welfare that I speak thus. Why do you not escape into Natal, taking Nahoon with you, for there as you know you may live in peace out of reach of the arm of Cetywayo?" "That is my desire, Inkoos, but Nahoon will not consent.
It was a task at which they grumbled a good deal, for the load was heavy over rough ground, and whenever they stumbled or shook him he cursed at them. So much did he curse, indeed, that at length one of the Zulus, a man with a rough temper, said that if it were not for the Inkoos, meaning myself, he would put his assegai through him, and let the vultures carry him.
"Do not grieve, Nanea, a hedge is never so tall and thick but that it cannot be climbed or crept through." She let fall her hands and looked at him eagerly, but he did not pursue the subject. "Tell me, how did I come here, Nanea?" "Nahoon and his companions carried you, Inkoos." "Indeed, I begin to be thankful to the leopard that struck me down.
"Well, mother, Abraham may have been a holy person, but we should think him a mean old thing nowadays, almost as mean as Sarah. You know they were most of them mean, so what is the use of pretending they were not?" Then without waiting for an answer she asked the Kaffir again: "Where does the Inkoos Ishmael dwell?" "In the wilderness," answered the man appropriately.
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