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Updated: June 19, 2025
"There, there, Baas," said Scowl, who was literally weeping tears of joy at my return from delirium and coma to the light of life and reason; not tears of Mameena's sort, but real ones, for I saw them running down his snub nose, that still bore marks of the eagle's claws. "There, there, say no more, I beseech you.
Further, she lacked the informing mystery of Mameena's face, that at times was broken and lit up by flashes of alluring light and quick, sympathetic perception, as a heavy evening sky, that seems to join the dim earth to the dimmer heavens, is illuminated by pulsings of fire, soft and many-hued, suggesting, but not revealing, the strength and splendour that it veils.
When I recovered myself a little it was to hear Mameena greeting Saduko with much effusion, and complimenting him on his rise in life, which she said she had always foreseen. This remark seemed to bowl out Saduko also, for he made no answer to it, although I noticed that he could not take his eyes off Mameena's beautiful face.
"Oh, don't apologise," I said, "only be more careful in future. And now I wish you a good dinner, Chief Masapo, and peace upon your kraal, friend Umbezi." After this speech I marched off, followed by the clamour of Masapo's furious attendants and the sound of Mameena's light and mocking laughter. "I wonder which of them she will marry?" I thought to myself, as I set out for the wagons.
"Through whom, Saduko?" "Whom? Why, the Prince Umbelazi, whom I betrayed for Mameena's sake." "Why do you talk wind, Saduko?" I asked. "Years ago I saw Indhlovu-ene-Sihlonti die." "Die, Macumazahn! We do not die; it is only our flesh that dies. Yes, yes, I have learned that since we parted.
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