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Updated: June 25, 2025
Better to die by the teeth of the wolves than to be sold to this fat pig of a Masilo. Oh! if I must wed him, I will give him a knife for the bride's kiss. Oh! that I were a lady of the ghost-wolves, there should be a picking of bones in the kraal of Jikiza before the moon grows young again."
Afterwards, when the head is hewn from his foe, Jikiza goes back to the meeting of the headmen, and they talk as before. All are free to come to the meeting, and Jikiza must fight with them if they wish it, whoever they be." "Perhaps I shall be there," said Umslopogaas. "After this meeting at the new moon, I am to be given in marriage to Masilo," said the maid.
Draw near and look on him who was the king; it is the command of Dingaan and Umhlangana, the kings, that you draw near and look on him who was the king, that his death at the hand of Masilo may be told through all the land." "You are better at making of kings, Mopo, than at the saving of one who was your king from the stroke of a wanderer," said the leader of the Bees, looking at me doubtfully.
Now he would give me in marriage to a certain Masilo, a fat man and an old, whom I hate, because Masilo offers many cattle for me." "Is there, then, another whom you would wed, maiden?" asked Umslopogaas. "There is none," answered Zinita, looking him in the eyes. "And is there no path by which you may escape from Masilo?" "There is only one path, Wolf-Man by death.
As soon as she got there, she crouched down among the willows, and sang softly: Bring to me Dilah, Dilah the rejected one, Dilah, whom her father Masilo cast out! And in a moment the old woman appeared holding the baby in her arms. Dilah had become so big and strong, that Thakané's heart was filled with joy and gratitude, and she stayed as long as she dared, playing with her baby.
Near to Jikiza, on his right hand, sat a fat man with small and twinkling eyes, who watched the maid Zinita greedily. "Yon man," thought Umslopogaas, "is Masilo. The better for blood-letting will you be, Masilo." Presently Jikiza spoke, rolling his eyes: "This is the matter before you, councillors.
But Masilo promised that he would never let his father see her, and that now she was a woman no one would try to hurt her; so Thakane's heart melted, and she went down to the lake to consult the old woman. 'What am I to do? she asked, when, after clapping her hands, the old woman appeared before her.
'Yesterday Masilo beheld Dilah, and ever since he has entreated me to give him back his daughter. 'If I let her go he must pay me a thousand head of cattle in exchange, replied the old woman. And Thakane carried her answer back to Masilo.
But Masilo promised that he would never let his father see her, and that now she was a woman no one would try to hurt her; so Thakané's heart melted, and she went down to the lake to consult the old woman. 'What am I to do? she asked, when, after clapping her hands, the old woman appeared before her.
If I die, I shall escape; if Masilo dies, I shall escape; but to little end, for I shall be given to another; but if Jikiza dies, then it will be well. What of that wolf-people of yours, are they not hungry, Wolf-Man?" "I cannot bring them here," answered Umslopogaas. "Is there no other way?" "There is another way," said Zinita, "if one can be found to try it."
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